abuckley75 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Tank was running fine for 2 years and then I went away for a week for work and my heater fried and when into over drive and heated the tank to 98°F. By the time I got home I lost everything except my ORA Semi Picasso Clown, a few snails and 2 hermit crabs. 2 day later the clown jumped into the back filter and was sucked into the pump head first. By the time I found him his eyes were pulled out of his head. My 4 year old was devastated. So at this point I decided to change out the substrate, I had the Carib Sea Pacific Black Live Sand and the black lava pieces were really large and made the detritus stand out. So I drained the tank into buckets scooped out all the live sand and replaced it with normal Carib Sea white sand. So I thought I would document the process of the tank redo. Swapping the substrate caused a mini cycle that I think I am finally through water quality wise. (Still need the snails to eat the diatoms). Last nights water test is below. Specific Gravity: 1.024 Temp: 81°F (Working on lowering this alittle. Probably need to leave the AC on all day.) pH: 8.2 Alkalinity: 9 dKH Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 Phosphate: 0 Calcium: 420 ppm So as the title says it's a JBJ 12g DX NanoCube. It is slightly modified with a nanotuners.com PC upgrade giving it 96W of light. I upgraded the pump to a MaxiJet 900 (Thinking over moving to the 1100) and have a Hydor Koralia Nano PH. Current Inhabitants 1x Ocellaris Clownfish, Tank Bred 1x Banded Porcelain Crab 1x Peppermint Shrimp 4x Bumble Bee Snails 2x Turbo Snails 3x Super Tongan Nassarius Snail 2x Hermit Crabs (I forget which ones they are) So on to the pics. Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 All these NC12 threads are making me miss my old tank. Sorry about the heater disaster; tagging along for the revival. Link to comment
abuckley75 Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Just ordered a few frags. I will post some pics once I get them in the tank. ORA Marshall Islands Purple Mushrooms DFS Orange Eye Leptastrea Coral DFS Keylime Ridge Platygyra Brain Coral TCN Green Glow Cinnamon Polyps Link to comment
Quantum Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 whats that fuzzy brown stuff? Link to comment
Chino Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Tank was running fine for 2 years and then I went away for a week for work and my heater fried and when into over drive and heated the tank to 98°F. By the time I got home I lost everything except my ORA Semi Picasso Clown, a few snails and 2 hermit crabs. 2 day later the clown jumped into the back filter and was sucked into the pump head first. By the time I found him his eyes were pulled out of his head. My 4 year old was devastated. So at this point I decided to change out the substrate, I had the Carib Sea Pacific Black Live Sand and the black lava pieces were really large and made the detritus stand out. So I drained the tank into buckets scooped out all the live sand and replaced it with normal Carib Sea white sand. So I thought I would document the process of the tank redo. Swapping the substrate caused a mini cycle that I think I am finally through water quality wise. (Still need the snails to eat the diatoms). Last nights water test is below. Specific Gravity: 1.024 Temp: 81°F (Working on lowering this alittle. Probably need to leave the AC on all day.) pH: 8.2 Alkalinity: 9 dKH Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 Phosphate: 0 Calcium: 420 ppm So as the title says it's a JBJ 12g DX NanoCube. It is slightly modified with a nanotuners.com PC upgrade giving it 96W of light. I upgraded the pump to a MaxiJet 900 (Thinking over moving to the 1100) and have a Hydor Koralia Nano PH. Current Inhabitants 1x Ocellaris Clownfish, Tank Bred 1x Banded Porcelain Crab 1x Peppermint Shrimp 4x Bumble Bee Snails 2x Turbo Snails 3x Super Tongan Nassarius Snail 2x Hermit Crabs (I forget which ones they are) So on to the pics. Man, Im so sorry to hear that. Cant believe the heater thing. Makes me not even want to have one inside my tank. Glad to hear your back up and running. All these NC12 threads are making me miss my old tank. Sorry about the heater disaster; tagging along for the revival. Make one come back to life! Looks like hardcore diatoms. It'll go away fast. Link to comment
gena Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Sorry about the heater disaster; tagging along for the revival. +1 I like seeing more NC12 tank threads. The more the merrier Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Make one come back to life! Ha! Maybe.. I'm hoping the DB18 will cure me of my nostalgia though. +1 I like seeing more NC12 tank threads. The more the merrier Trudat. Link to comment
abuckley75 Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 Yes, the brown stuff is diatoms. The should be gone in a few days, hopefully. Link to comment
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