xdcbenoitxd
Active Member
I have a reef tank that has been going through the ugly stages. Though I'm winning I have regrettably decided to do a hard restart on my system. I put new frags through QT and the only thing that was still on one frag was an algae so I thought no biggie and put it in my tank. WRONG. It's extremely aggressive and from all the research I have done no one seems to have consistent success getting rid of it. Since I'm doing it I'm hoping to get rid of my bristle worms too. My plan is as follows:
1 Take all livestock out of the tank and place temporarily in my 60 gallon.
2 empty my display tank, get rid of the sand (it's growing in there too) and place the rock in a bleach bath
3 let everything dry out and clean all equipment thoroughly.
4 rebuild a suitable aquascape for my livestock
5 refill the tank with water, clean rock work and sand
6 fully cycle the tank
7 rinse and reintroduce fish only with lights off
8 separate and rinse all snails. Place them in seperate QT with sand
9 all corals will be left in their own QT. Give zoas and gsp (on rocks) a hydrogen peroxide dip. Give euphylia, sps and blastomussa a coral RX dip. Return all to QT
10 after 30 days check snail QT for sign of bristle worms. If none rinse and return to main display
11 after 30 days dip corals again. If no sign of bristle worms return to display. If there's some return to QT and repeat
12 add copepods to main display prior to returning corals and turning lights on
If anyone sees flaws in my plan or a better way to do it I would appreciate the help.
1 Take all livestock out of the tank and place temporarily in my 60 gallon.
2 empty my display tank, get rid of the sand (it's growing in there too) and place the rock in a bleach bath
3 let everything dry out and clean all equipment thoroughly.
4 rebuild a suitable aquascape for my livestock
5 refill the tank with water, clean rock work and sand
6 fully cycle the tank
7 rinse and reintroduce fish only with lights off
8 separate and rinse all snails. Place them in seperate QT with sand
9 all corals will be left in their own QT. Give zoas and gsp (on rocks) a hydrogen peroxide dip. Give euphylia, sps and blastomussa a coral RX dip. Return all to QT
10 after 30 days check snail QT for sign of bristle worms. If none rinse and return to main display
11 after 30 days dip corals again. If no sign of bristle worms return to display. If there's some return to QT and repeat
12 add copepods to main display prior to returning corals and turning lights on
If anyone sees flaws in my plan or a better way to do it I would appreciate the help.
