Glad to have you here, Liz!
Many LFS employees are not as knowledgable on the stock they sell at all. Make sure you have a good liquid test kit and hit the water changes on that new tank.
Here is the sticky on cycling the tank...
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84598
Many LFS employees are not as knowledgable on the stock they sell at all. Make sure you have a good liquid test kit and hit the water changes on that new tank.
Here is the sticky on cycling the tank...
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84598