Kurtc1990
New Member
It’s sad to say that although I’ve been “in the hobby” for a couple of decades, I’ve never managed to get to a full stocked, what I would consider beautiful reef tank.
I’ve had many size tanks over the years, but unfortunately my current tank has been very neglected over the past 2 years. As of a few days ago it became nothing more than a glass box holding a hippo tang, rock, water and lots of algae.
(And a sump that when disturbed turned into something that would have been confused for chocolate milkshake.
So this is my accountability post, I’ve
-Stripped and deep cleaned the sump removing years of grime and buildup. (resulting in around a 1/3 water change),
-Purchased the first batch of clean up crew, (mainly snails but a few hermit crabs)
-Swapped out my old small skimmer for a nice new Reef Skimmer 600
-Added a dnd temp controller and new heater.
-And finally cleaned out air tube and restarted my auto tester (I use the xepta autoBalance), I also have the additional xepta abex unit and will add that back in at a later date)
I’ve had many size tanks over the years, but unfortunately my current tank has been very neglected over the past 2 years. As of a few days ago it became nothing more than a glass box holding a hippo tang, rock, water and lots of algae.
(And a sump that when disturbed turned into something that would have been confused for chocolate milkshake.
So this is my accountability post, I’ve
-Stripped and deep cleaned the sump removing years of grime and buildup. (resulting in around a 1/3 water change),
-Purchased the first batch of clean up crew, (mainly snails but a few hermit crabs)
-Swapped out my old small skimmer for a nice new Reef Skimmer 600
-Added a dnd temp controller and new heater.
-And finally cleaned out air tube and restarted my auto tester (I use the xepta autoBalance), I also have the additional xepta abex unit and will add that back in at a later date)
