I am getting ready to start a total wipeout of my entire system in the coming days/weeks/months. My tank is slowly being taken over by majano anemones and I have been managing them for the past year or so. I am going to setup a new 50g AIO frag tank and 29g fish holding tank.
Going to frag off all of my corals one rock piece at a time ensuring there are no unwanted pest. They then will be placed into the new frag tank in hopes of re introducing them back into the system when ready.
There are some corals unfortunately will not be able to be saved and I will source replacements when the time comes.
All rock will be putting to a bucket of straight hot tap water for 10 minuted and then scrubbed with a brush. Once the piece has been through my inital cleaning it will be placed into a trash can full of freshwater with a pool chlorine tablet in it for a week. The rock will then be pressure washed and set aside to dry and assessed if more cleaning is needed. Rock will then be placed in a can with freshwater and prime for a week.
All sand will be removed and placed into my garden. I have 150 pounds of new sand arriving soon.
Tanks and sump will be filled with freshwater and a pool chlorine tablet and let to run for a week. Tanks and equipment will be scrubbed and water emptied and refilled until everything is clean. Lastly tank will be filled with freshwater and prime and emptied.
New sand and clean rock will be placed into the system and RO/DI water added. Salt will be added into the sump for mixing into the tank. Cycling will begin.
I am planning on leaving the 50g AIO frag tank up and running as a quarantine system for coral in hopes of catching any pest prior to entering my display again.
I also am going to rehome a couple fish that will be a little cramped in the smaller tanks for a few months.
I hope all this will make my system 100% pest free starting back up. My goal is to be moving back into my display mid-August.
Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!!
Going to frag off all of my corals one rock piece at a time ensuring there are no unwanted pest. They then will be placed into the new frag tank in hopes of re introducing them back into the system when ready.
There are some corals unfortunately will not be able to be saved and I will source replacements when the time comes.
All rock will be putting to a bucket of straight hot tap water for 10 minuted and then scrubbed with a brush. Once the piece has been through my inital cleaning it will be placed into a trash can full of freshwater with a pool chlorine tablet in it for a week. The rock will then be pressure washed and set aside to dry and assessed if more cleaning is needed. Rock will then be placed in a can with freshwater and prime for a week.
All sand will be removed and placed into my garden. I have 150 pounds of new sand arriving soon.
Tanks and sump will be filled with freshwater and a pool chlorine tablet and let to run for a week. Tanks and equipment will be scrubbed and water emptied and refilled until everything is clean. Lastly tank will be filled with freshwater and prime and emptied.
New sand and clean rock will be placed into the system and RO/DI water added. Salt will be added into the sump for mixing into the tank. Cycling will begin.
I am planning on leaving the 50g AIO frag tank up and running as a quarantine system for coral in hopes of catching any pest prior to entering my display again.
I also am going to rehome a couple fish that will be a little cramped in the smaller tanks for a few months.
I hope all this will make my system 100% pest free starting back up. My goal is to be moving back into my display mid-August.
Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!!