Need help!

[brandon429]

The fish need to be in clean water matching temp and salinity with no clouding transferred over

And wherever rocks and corals are held, those containers are perfectly clean and free of waste. If you need to reach in and clean the rocks you're keeping now, in order to make sure waste isn't in the holding buckets, it needs done ASAP

Let's leave corals attached that's not a priority.

All items fully clean and in perfectly clean holding water in some container

Fish can go in with rocks, if the stuff was clean first.

Take rocks out and lightly brush off dead spots you can rinse those areas with the extra saltwater you bought. Set clean rocks into a holding tank that is perfectly clean and it will all look bright and start to have a reefing color palette with sharper tones and contrasts. Getting all the rocks clean was yesterday's top priority.

Post pics when that's done this could make a great work thread.

 

[tmccaff]

The one coral softie for sure looks dead. I tossed it. Yea the water is not clear; i am making more water.

 

[tmccaff]

Think be safe for attaching my radion to the rubbermaid container? I am going to put something on top just incase. I am wondering though if it would melt it.

 

[Kooma]

Think be safe for attaching my radion to the rubbermaid container? I am going to put something on top just incase. I am wondering though if it would melt it.

Coral is fine without light for a few days.

 

[tmccaff]

Ok all my s nails died except the fighting conch. Some hermits alive.

 

[tmccaff]

Ok all my s nails died except the fighting conch. Some hermits alive.

Guessing now take water out and sand.

 

[brandon429]

Do you have the rocks and remaining animals in a clean holding container yet, zero waste and totally clean water?

 

[brandon429]

The pic in post #25 is cloudy and not clear if that's the holding container. But it's at least a step in the right direction, when your tank is assembled it can't be cloudy like that.

Algae Identification

Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?

www.reef2reef.com

All jobs from that thread are the same. It shows you how to rinse the sand (using tap water, every job there is the same rock cleaning and sandbed rinse)

Most important: every after pic is as clear and clean as possible. If you read the thread examples then all answers are in place to fix your tank

 

[tmccaff]

If I got all new rocks and sand, I would restart a cycle correct?

 

[brandon429]

Yes. I wouldn't choose that over cleaning and reusing these, not only are they cycled but they're a little bit matured and this means less phosphate risks less dinos risks for you, even after the type of cleaning from the work thread.

 

[brandon429]

The sand does not cause recycle if it's new.

If you buy new sand it'll take hours of tap rinsing to clear it exactly the same as using old sand, even work there. The sand rinse was among the most imperative actions so it applies whether you use brand new or old sand. Both of them are very cloudy at the start. We rinse to avoid any of that cloud

 

[tmccaff]

rinse sand in tap water or RO water?

 

[brandon429]

Must read that thread linked above. It has the handling examples for tank ripping and skip cycling

Take 20 mins read all details. It catches that plus other small details you need such as light adjustment at the start. If you skip that thread/ risk

But if you read and apply it: whole tank fixed in two hours. It's rinsed for hours in tap until clear, then final rinse in the extra saltwater bought.

 

[tmccaff]

I must of missed it, what thread linked?

 

[brandon429]

Algae Identification

Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?

www.reef2reef.com

That's an easier read bc it's only a handful of pages compared to the sixty page work threads. Mainly the pictures before and after show how well they rinsed

 

[tmccaff]

I am making more water to clean rocks better. I forget the name of that coral but it like encrusts the rock and it’s green soft coral I do think. How to tell if it’s dead or alive?

 

[brandon429]

Just clean around it really nice without scraping it off and let's see if it returns

We can tell once it's all reassembled. A dying coral won't hurt anything so it's ok to keep.

 

[brandon429]

Before you restock the fixed tank


After it's fully rip cleaned and the fish have been in there a few days successfully, buy a few snails to put back in and use them to make sure there aren't any contaminants in the system. If they go fine for days then you can safely restock the rest. We can't be sure melted hardware didn't contaminate any other way vs a snail or crab test

 

[tmccaff]

Can a wrasse go without sand for 2 days or no?

 

[tmccaff]

I’m planning putting everything back on Sunday after I clean tank down tomorrow. Monday putting fish back, adding snails like Wednesday; Thursday hope I can put everything back that’s my plan