Got my dream tank last July. Tried really hard to take lessons learned and “do it right” this time. Well, the dream is turning to a nightmare and I’m thinking about starting over.
First I had bad dinos. Then unexplained fish loss (half the fish died in a few days and we have no idea why) Then horrible cyano. Then dinos came back. And awful GHA everywhere at the r cyano disappeared. Torches I grew to 25 heads in the last system are melting away overnight in this one. Some hammers too. Sticks are bleaching out.
And now I have ich. Lost a blond naso last week and expect more losses in the coming days.
Wife and I spent 2.5 hours yesterday scrubbing algae off the rocks and siphoning the sand. It’ll look just as bad again in three days.
Seriously considering tearing it down, cleaning it all up, and starting over.
Anyone ever done that?
If you started a large (225g in my case) mixed reef over, what would you do differently?
First I had bad dinos. Then unexplained fish loss (half the fish died in a few days and we have no idea why) Then horrible cyano. Then dinos came back. And awful GHA everywhere at the r cyano disappeared. Torches I grew to 25 heads in the last system are melting away overnight in this one. Some hammers too. Sticks are bleaching out.
And now I have ich. Lost a blond naso last week and expect more losses in the coming days.
Wife and I spent 2.5 hours yesterday scrubbing algae off the rocks and siphoning the sand. It’ll look just as bad again in three days.
Seriously considering tearing it down, cleaning it all up, and starting over.
Anyone ever done that?
If you started a large (225g in my case) mixed reef over, what would you do differently?