Restarting

[reeferbarra20]

I recently tore down my 55 gallon and am starting a 29 gallon. The 29 is full of 45lbs of lr /13 gallons of water / and some of my old sandbed from my tapwater 55 gallon. My 2 true percs, 1 false perc,and my firefish all died due to stress from transport to a friends tank:( . Due to a lack of funds, i am stuck with a 29 gallon full of red/brown algae and 13 gallons of 0ld silicate, nitrate full ######ty tapwater from my old tank. I hate cyanobacteria , some annoying ass , ugly crap. I got a 5 stage rodi now and i used 13 gallons of 2 day old saltwater. All of these events occured about a week ago, anyways I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas on what to do with aquascaping , good positioning of powerheads to remove detrius , and what kind of skimmer/ filtration exc.. any ideas would be greatly appreciatied. Reeferbarra20

[EtOH_is_good]

sounds like you have a major clean-up ahead of you. i'd try large scale water changes with the clean water to reduce nutrient levels. if the cyano doesn't clear up may want to use a commercial red slime remover just to regain some sanity, but really water changes are the best bet. a skimmer would help a little and definately a consideration for a tank your size and potentially fish. my usual recommendation of remora should work. save some bucks and buy used.

[nalbar]

lack of funds has nothing to do with a tank with algae. its free to get a tank with no algae, particularly if you have no fish.

 

your mistake was using the tap water from your 55. plus you probably stirred a lot of crap up from the sand bed and took it with you to the smaller tank.

 

if i was you i would let the algae do its thing. do nothing, add nothing. the algae will clean the nutrients up for you. yes, you will get an algae farm, but you will also end up with the cleanest water possible.

 

 

read myth #15 in this article;

 

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/eb/index.htm

 

 

you have a rare opportunity to set up a tank correctly, by letting it naturally filter itself. your only other choice is to tear the whole thing down, but you might do that and end back where you are.

 

 

i am sorry, but now i am going to be blunt.

 

dood, you need to educate yourself before you go further in the hobby.

 

 

nalbar