rdahlke1105 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 Well after a major tank crash, I moved all inhabitants over to a 10 gallon tank, broke the DT down and restarted it. I held all of the rock in a bucket with tank water, took out all of the water and sand and replaced. I got to the point where I was hating the black sand that I had in there originally because every time the clowns would be near it, they would cause a sand storm to blow up? I replaced the sand with dry argonite sand. Here are pictures of the new setup. FTS: Right side: Left side: Tunnel: Link to comment
Telekinesis Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Wow. Sorry to hear that. Any idea what caused the crash? Glad to see you're getting back on track. Link to comment
rdahlke1105 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 No idea what caused the crash. But I did know that I wasn't ready to give up. I'm just not the type of person who just gives up. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 The only thing I can think of is you may have added to much to fast. I would recommend going a bit slower with your stocking. Just my opinion. Link to comment
rdahlke1105 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 I wondered that myself. Which is why I won't be adding anything, with the exception of some chaeto for the back and a couple of macros, for the next 3 weeks or so. Link to comment
rO.oster Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 slow and steady wins the race, I had doubts when the cardinal went in so soon. allow the bacteria levels to populate your rock over time, and additions go in slowly, space far apart. looking forward to seeing this thing grow, I am glad your clowns made it, they look great! Link to comment
rO.oster Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 you may want to consider adding more rock to to help support more bioload Link to comment
rdahlke1105 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Right now I'm just letting things coast for a few weeks. I may consider adding more cured rock later, but right now I don't want to do anything to upset the balance. I really don't plan on adding much more bioload. I really would like to to have more corals than fish. Link to comment
Atomic081 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Sorry to hear about the crash. Did you lose much? Link to comment
rdahlke1105 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 Well the macros and chaeto I ordered got here yesterday. FTS: Close ups: Well I did the full range of tests. These are the results. Temp: 79.3 Specific Gravity: 1.025 PH: 7.8 (lights have only been on for a couple of hours) Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 dKH: 8.6 Calcium: 460 Phosphates: 0 Magnesium: 1440 Link to comment
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