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Well I have been breaking down my main display in stages. The take for ever method. LOL. Well I have been removing rocks from my display every week to keep the stress down on the fish and to normalize the parms each week. I have a few more weeks to go before I have a bare tank with just sand in it. The reason I went this route is to ensure I'm not chasing fish into rocks where they can get injured when I remove them. All of my fish are old and dont need the extra stress.
Once I remove them. I will be draining the tank and removing the sand. My first thought was that I was going to fill the tank back up with the hose and add citric acid and let it run for about 5 hours with all my existing equipment still hooked up to clean out pests etc. Well last night I was doing the math. I have ~350 gallon setup which includes sump. All of it needs to be soaked. From BRS video you need about 3/4cup per gallon of citric acid for soaking. This will be around 220lb's of citric acid needed for a quick job. This will be real expensive. I just bought 10lbs on Amazon for about 40 bucks.
After doing the math. "I'm going to need a BIGGER BOAT"
Anyone do such a clean job on their existing aquarium. If so what concentration on citric acid did you use? I want to run my pumps and equipment during cleaning to ensure I get all the plumbing cleaned of critters, anemones, etc.
I could also do bleach I think. But the residue will have to be bubbled out
Once I remove them. I will be draining the tank and removing the sand. My first thought was that I was going to fill the tank back up with the hose and add citric acid and let it run for about 5 hours with all my existing equipment still hooked up to clean out pests etc. Well last night I was doing the math. I have ~350 gallon setup which includes sump. All of it needs to be soaked. From BRS video you need about 3/4cup per gallon of citric acid for soaking. This will be around 220lb's of citric acid needed for a quick job. This will be real expensive. I just bought 10lbs on Amazon for about 40 bucks.
After doing the math. "I'm going to need a BIGGER BOAT"
Anyone do such a clean job on their existing aquarium. If so what concentration on citric acid did you use? I want to run my pumps and equipment during cleaning to ensure I get all the plumbing cleaned of critters, anemones, etc.
I could also do bleach I think. But the residue will have to be bubbled out