It wouldnt be a bad idea to get it clean and then put your rock and media from the 300. Add any new rock sand you want. if you have enough rock/media from an established tank again you shouldnt see a cycle.
yeah. I am wondering about the rock that was original in that 32...it got wacked by all this too. so with that, should I rinse it and dry it out, then put it in my 300 sump? or do you think it would be alright? I probably have 20lbs of it now in the sump, that I removed before all this happened. Certainly I understand it's more than enough, but I wanted to try and get more in that tank. Height is what I was going for.
Like this advice. I sometimes wonder how I don’t go crazy. Gotta be a perfectionist with my tank haha.
he says nothing should "should" be on it. so with that said, I wont be doing this. I would like to put it in a bin with new saltwater, and let it do it's thing... but given I'm not sure what could be on it now...I dont think even that will be safe.
I think this sounds like a good plan.
You are welcome for help! What’s worth it to someone isn’t always the same. I wouldn’t add a rock sitting in my garage in general at this point because I’m so careful and have probably 20k invested in my tank. I’d be worried some killer mold or something would grow on it and kill my tank hahaha okay not that but maybe a weed spray or something getting on it by accident. All new rock sounds like less than 100$ to know it’s safe. If you test the ammonia and it’s high you have your cause. Best luck
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I dont run the lights that high. That's for picture only so that it can be seen vs blue lighting...The number one cause of your issue is 2x bright lights, reduce 50% 8 hours max
Be hand cleaning it to export don't let the target rot in the tank
If you want the best turnaround a rip clean is the way, to export mass vs degrade it in the tank. Those surfaces are new, reflective, and not the same algae resistance as purple non reflective algae excluding coralline
This thread shows your to just clean the rocks, no harsh treatment required. Rasp what you can, put back over clean rinsed sand
(You'd pre rinse your new sand)
Algae Identification
Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?
read for the right fix
If you run that method you won't buy any bottled bacteria and your tank would be fixed by 9pm tonite, skip cycle
All new water, matching temp and salinity as shown (exports rotten cellular material, waste, from the eutrophication crash=start clean and your rock bacteria remain- they're not killed
The path to a tank you want is physical not chemical. Nothing to buy nothing to test other than matching temp and salinity of the all new water
I think you missed the issue on this tank.The number one cause of your issue is 2x bright lights, reduce 50% 8 hours max
Be hand cleaning it to export don't let the target rot in the tank
If you want the best turnaround a rip clean is the way, to export mass vs degrade it in the tank. Those surfaces are new, reflective, and not the same algae resistance as purple non reflective algae excluding coralline
This thread shows your to just clean the rocks, no harsh treatment required. Rasp what you can, put back over clean rinsed sand
(You'd pre rinse your new sand)
Algae Identification
Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?
read for the right fix
If you run that method you won't buy any bottled bacteria and your tank would be fixed by 9pm tonite, skip cycle
All new water, matching temp and salinity as shown (exports rotten cellular material, waste, from the eutrophication crash=start clean and your rock bacteria remain- they're not killed
The path to a tank you want is physical not chemical. Nothing to buy nothing to test other than matching temp and salinity of the all new water
Like I said I would remove anything that was in the tank. Use your cycled rock and media new sand and should be good to go.
You need to read the first post in this thread if you didnt. There is something possibly strange here. A rock was added to an established tank and the tank crashed, 1 day. Some of us are thinking some type of contamination. I get the rip clean but if there is something that was on the rock other then ammonia causing dead organics a rip clean wont help.
