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I have to ask since I don't think anyone has yet.So to summarize, fix my sump. Rinse the crap out of my sand and manually remove as much algae as possible from my rock and return it to the tank. Do a lot of weekly water changes. This should remove most of the algae and keep beneficial bacteria that I have cultivated on my rock?
Search for "how to clean protein skimmer" or the same for return water pump. Parts without metal get soaked in a white vinegar solution, pure vinegar works faster. For large surfaces spray it, or cover them by paper towels with vinegar and cover by plastic sheet to reduce smell and evaporation, then scrub with a brush. Rinse well.Any suggestions on how to clean pumps/skimmers effectively? Just tap water and scrub? I figure I should break my main return pump down and clean it when I have the sump apart.
Dont start over buddy your ready now for sps just clean glass do a few water changes, maintenance the tank don't start over.
This makes sense too, I could just go slow and steady with the water changes get my parameters stable and start to build my cleanup crew again.
I have no idea what my params are right now but they gotta be sky high. Top priority is getting my sump back on line first.
Hi guys,
I have a 250L tank that has been neglected for about 8-9 months. I have two clown flish, a peppermint shrimp and 1 remaining living coral, some sort of green mushroom which I'm amazed is still alive. I am a bit ashamed to admit but I completely let the tank go to crap, its overrun with green algae and bubble algae, the sump is in horrible shape, it will need a complete tear down and cleaning.
Me and my wife have decided we want to give it another go, but set our expectations a bit lower this time. I actually had a decent tank going but I was unable to grow acropora and got really disheartened and kinda gave up. Anyway question is how should we go about doing this? I think we will probably give the livestock back to the local fish store while we do our clean up. How should we handle cleaning the rock? We have a moderate amount of coraline growth that we would like to not kill, but I also want to start fresh with no algae in the tank. Should we just remove all the rock and manually scrub them, should we do some sort of acid wash to get rid of all the algae?
If we tear the tank down and scrub the rock will we have to re-cycle the tank again?
How should we go about doing this reboot? Any advice is appreciated.
Since you have algae your po3&No3 are not gonna be accurate, but your alk,calc mag will give accurate readingsThis makes sense too, I could just go slow and steady with the water changes get my parameters stable and start to build my cleanup crew again.
I have no idea what my params are right now but they gotta be sky high. Top priority is getting my sump back on line first.