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My Tank Thread
I can’t do a build thread (have a 10 year old tank), so I am doing a demolition thread so to speak.
When I put up my tank I did the standard rock wall. the wall contributes a lot to dead spots which helped my current Dino problem take hold. It also forces all th fish forward limiting swimming room (180 tank)
I am going to rip it down and rebuild. Pulling all my rock and coral into buckets. Have 60 gallons of salt ready to go and reactor full of carbon. Been running metrosorb to rid any hanging around alloys
I would like any advice in case I am missing something:
There is gonna be tons of detris and nasties behind the wall even with my CuC. Hence the water and carbon. Anything else that may be stirred up or I should have ready?
Your thoughts on pull my gravel, go bare or new sand? Would a diatom outbreak be started from new substrate and outcompete the Dino on this old a tank?
Lot of the rock has palys (more like 99%). If I turn over some of the rock with paly will the die off releasing toxins? Hence the carbon and for the Dino’s.
I am thinks of putting the rock in brutes with fresh mixed salt water and some big pumps to blast the detris off before going back in? Yes?
Probably gonna have left over rock, put in sump or store for later use?
Thanks for your time and ideas.
When I put up my tank I did the standard rock wall. the wall contributes a lot to dead spots which helped my current Dino problem take hold. It also forces all th fish forward limiting swimming room (180 tank)
I am going to rip it down and rebuild. Pulling all my rock and coral into buckets. Have 60 gallons of salt ready to go and reactor full of carbon. Been running metrosorb to rid any hanging around alloys
I would like any advice in case I am missing something:
There is gonna be tons of detris and nasties behind the wall even with my CuC. Hence the water and carbon. Anything else that may be stirred up or I should have ready?
Your thoughts on pull my gravel, go bare or new sand? Would a diatom outbreak be started from new substrate and outcompete the Dino on this old a tank?
Lot of the rock has palys (more like 99%). If I turn over some of the rock with paly will the die off releasing toxins? Hence the carbon and for the Dino’s.
I am thinks of putting the rock in brutes with fresh mixed salt water and some big pumps to blast the detris off before going back in? Yes?
Probably gonna have left over rock, put in sump or store for later use?
Thanks for your time and ideas.