Once my tank was contaminated, I too purchased a UV. Unfortunately, by the
time I got it set up, the damage was done.

However, from that experience, I will now use a UV on every tank I have
unless it compromises the food source for some animals (such as the
phytoplankton for some corals).

I have already made notes for my next run at marine. I'm going back to
school and a marine tank is just not practical at this time, but there is
one in the planning again. And this time, I have more experience on my
side.

Justin

"Ray Martini" wrote in message
...
I too lost a tank full of marine fish to a crash. All died except my
beautiful Yellow Tang who looked so sick and pathetic. I too wanted to
just
sell it all off and find something else to occupy by time. Instead I read
and gathered information from these newsgroups and other net sources,
picked
the brains of the LFS's. My marine tank is now full of fish (and other
awesome marine life) again and thriving and the Yellow Tang looks
fantastic
again.

The key to getting the marine tank better stabilized for me was the
installation of a UV Sterilizer. Best investment I ever made. I am going
to
install them on my freshwater tanks as well.

It's part of the hobby I guess. Hang in there and know that everyone here
is
pulling for you.



"Justin Boucher" wrote in message
...
I had an entire 240 gal marine system crash on me. I received a sick
fish
and the stress of moving made things worse. 8 fish later, I sold what I
could and converted back to freshwater where I have nearly 20 years of
fishkeeping experience. I still dream of sucsessfuly running a marine
tank
and have learned a lot of tricks that only experience can teach: Even
after
extensive reading on the marine system, the minute secrets aren't in
most
books.

As for my new freshwater conversion, I still can lose fish in a new tank
set
up. Mostly, it's the dreaded cycle that claimes at least one fish life
for
me unless I have access to an established tank to where I can kidnap
some
mature filtration media.

There are a lot of very knowledgable and helpful people available and
this
newsgroup is a great source. Spend some time reading, researching and
asking questions to other sucessful aquarists. If you have a favorite
fish
that you would like to have, find others who keep them well and see if
they
can help. Experience is the best teacher and although there will always
be
some that we can only gain for ourselves, try to gather as much as you
can
from others.

Justin

wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi guys,

I own a tank for more than a month now and right now I have mixed
feelings about it.

It is not what I expected it to be and I am starting to think of
getting rid of it.

It has nothing to do of taking care of the fish, the money spent on
hardware.

It's just I like animals and it stresses me to see fish die and I am
the one to blame for it due to my inexperience and for putting fish
into a tank and play with their lifes...

I had fish that died because they got sucked into the filter,
because the water didnt have the proper qualities and now because of
disease...
It's a constant battle for me to take care of the fish and I am losing
it.

Sorry for my venting but I am frustrated.
Thanks