Hi All my first post here on R2R and I need some help here are a couple of pics I took recently of my setup.
65 gallon tank half fake rock on right and live rock on left as it will be mostly FWLR maybe some easier corals down the road
20 gal sump I think I never measured that
So my questions are now that I'm set up and taking readings all looks good but very high nitrate
Tank was up and running for 4 years with no issues and fish were thriving not so much my coral early on. I went on vacation and return pump died and I returned to a mess and lost interest for some time. IT SAT DOORMAT FOR 1 YEAR
Now I didn't clean everything up I just let it sit and basically dry up for a year.
Now I'm restarting my tank and I bought all new pumps, ato, mp40,and heaters
Tell me if this is ok and will I have problems in the near future
Water in tank never fully evaporated so sand was still sitting in a decent amount of water. I saved more than half and added another new 20 pound bag of bimini pink
I took all rock out 3 weeks ago and power washed anything I could see on the surface and left out over night to dry out but then put in tank next day.
I added 4oz fritz turbo 900 start about 2 weeks ago after all stuff was in tank and let it sit for 3 days jump return pump running before taking any readings and all looks good except very high nitrates like reading is dark red API 160
what can I do to help this issue and do you think I have cycled and need to do water change?
I also ordered from Algae barn the medium refugium setup to go in the middle of my sump instead of the rocks in there now. WHEN SHOULD I BE PUTTING THIS IN AND GETTING IT STARTED I DIDNT HAVE REFUGUIM ON LAST SETUP??? I have Kessil h80 ready for it
I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS SO I WILL WAIT TILL I GET SOME REPLYS AND HOPE I COULD GET AS MUCH HELP AS POSSIBLE... THANK YOU ALL R2R!!!
65 gallon tank half fake rock on right and live rock on left as it will be mostly FWLR maybe some easier corals down the road
20 gal sump I think I never measured that
So my questions are now that I'm set up and taking readings all looks good but very high nitrate
Tank was up and running for 4 years with no issues and fish were thriving not so much my coral early on. I went on vacation and return pump died and I returned to a mess and lost interest for some time. IT SAT DOORMAT FOR 1 YEAR
Now I didn't clean everything up I just let it sit and basically dry up for a year.
Now I'm restarting my tank and I bought all new pumps, ato, mp40,and heaters
Tell me if this is ok and will I have problems in the near future
Water in tank never fully evaporated so sand was still sitting in a decent amount of water. I saved more than half and added another new 20 pound bag of bimini pink
I took all rock out 3 weeks ago and power washed anything I could see on the surface and left out over night to dry out but then put in tank next day.
I added 4oz fritz turbo 900 start about 2 weeks ago after all stuff was in tank and let it sit for 3 days jump return pump running before taking any readings and all looks good except very high nitrates like reading is dark red API 160
what can I do to help this issue and do you think I have cycled and need to do water change?
I also ordered from Algae barn the medium refugium setup to go in the middle of my sump instead of the rocks in there now. WHEN SHOULD I BE PUTTING THIS IN AND GETTING IT STARTED I DIDNT HAVE REFUGUIM ON LAST SETUP??? I have Kessil h80 ready for it
I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS SO I WILL WAIT TILL I GET SOME REPLYS AND HOPE I COULD GET AS MUCH HELP AS POSSIBLE... THANK YOU ALL R2R!!!