Ryan's 34 shallow rimless build ==NOW NANOBOX HYBRID POWERED!==

[Newstead]

I went through this with my first reef tank, a little biocube 14. GHA, cyano and then a huge infestation of aiptasia. Lost all corals except a frogspawn. Had it, a pair of clowns, 1 snail and a cleaner shrimp that somehow survived it all, then the tank sprang a leak. Didn't know if I could do it again, but my LFS boarded everything for me for 5 weeks while we got a biocube 29 up and cycled. So glad we did - I was more proactive with the 29, and now we have the 75 as well.

 

Have you checked your RODI? Can you remove any rocks to scrub the GHA? When the 4 month uglies hit the 29 I used Microbacter 7 and Algone and got rid of the cyano and it never returned. How about an urchin for the GHA?

 

Hang in there!

[rturiak]

I went through this with my first reef tank, a little biocube 14. GHA, cyano and then a huge infestation of aiptasia. Lost all corals except a frogspawn. Had it, a pair of clowns, 1 snail and a cleaner shrimp that somehow survived it all, then the tank sprang a leak. Didn't know if I could do it again, but my LFS boarded everything for me for 5 weeks while we got a biocube 29 up and cycled. So glad we did - I was more proactive with the 29, and now we have the 75 as well.

 

Have you checked your RODI? Can you remove any rocks to scrub the GHA? When the 4 month uglies hit the 29 I used Microbacter 7 and Algone and got rid of the cyano and it never returned. How about an urchin for the GHA?

 

Hang in there!

 

Thanks for the advice. I have removed the rocks a few times and scrubbed the algae off. Ive checked my RODI and it seems to show 0TDS with my meter. Ive also changed the DI in it as well. Ive considered pulling the rock and sandbed out, and replacing it with new, but again I dont feel like spending money on more stuff for this.

[Elizabeth94]

If you don't have any livestock and a ton of coral I would just do a "half" restart.

 

Hair algae does not like peroxide at all. If you were to take your rocks out and either do a dip with peroxide (just for a min or so), or use a syringe to squirt it on the rocks it would kill it. It will smell bad, but the next day the algae should be white and loose. Then you can scrub anything remaining during a water change.

 

I am not sure how the beneficial bacteria would cope with a full on peroxide dip (brandon429 would know best), but it seems like you don't have any inhabitants?

 

Replace the sand or rinse it really well and you would be good to go. Just watch ammonia, as you might need to do a short recycle.

[lilmatty5dimes]

First do you know how you got the green hair algae? Leaching of the rocks? How often are you doing water changes? If it's the rocks leaching the po4 I would bath the rocks in muriatic acid(YouTube has a ton of videos on how to do it).

I would hate to see ya throw in the towel when your tank looked great and it seems like the wife is enjoying it.

[blizzardscout2]

Try to reduce your feeding as that is probably where the majority of your phosphates are. My recommendation is to download Aquaramate for your phone. It was the best thing I ever did. It keeps track of your parameters, but most importantly you can schedule out all tasks and they are added to your calendar on your phone and pop up when it is time. Even if you don't have time that day it makes it easier to keep up on the basic tasks and to keep your tank in good shape. I know from experience where you are in terms of a busy life and it is amazing how little reminders go a long way. As for the coral and fish loss, something other than phosphate is probably out of whack. Start there and make slow corrections. Good luck and I promise you won't regret staying in the hobby.