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Hey guys, I need a little help please.
I have a 12 gallon nano tank in my office at work. I went on vacation for two weeks and asked someone to make sure they topped off the tank with FW for me. You probably guessed it already, but she forgot to do it and when I got back my tank had crashed big time---probably because of the ultra high salinity.
This happened about four or five months ago. I completely cleaned out the tank, tossed the sand, rinsed the LR well, put in new sand and had the tank cycle again. I used the same rock.
After the cycle, the parameters looked good. I put a few snails in and was just about to start populating the tank with corals again when I had the most awful algae bloom you ever saw. I can't seem to get rid of the stuff. It's not your normal cyano or hair. It's some thick brown green goop. I have changed the water and it keeps coming back. The tank has been back up and running for about 3 months and I don't have ANY coralline growing in there, just this gunk.
Should I toss out the rock and sand and start over again? I am about ready to shut the whole thing down, scrub it out and start over.
I have a 3 gallon tank in the office as well that is doing ok. What do you all think?
I have a 12 gallon nano tank in my office at work. I went on vacation for two weeks and asked someone to make sure they topped off the tank with FW for me. You probably guessed it already, but she forgot to do it and when I got back my tank had crashed big time---probably because of the ultra high salinity.
This happened about four or five months ago. I completely cleaned out the tank, tossed the sand, rinsed the LR well, put in new sand and had the tank cycle again. I used the same rock.
After the cycle, the parameters looked good. I put a few snails in and was just about to start populating the tank with corals again when I had the most awful algae bloom you ever saw. I can't seem to get rid of the stuff. It's not your normal cyano or hair. It's some thick brown green goop. I have changed the water and it keeps coming back. The tank has been back up and running for about 3 months and I don't have ANY coralline growing in there, just this gunk.
Should I toss out the rock and sand and start over again? I am about ready to shut the whole thing down, scrub it out and start over.
I have a 3 gallon tank in the office as well that is doing ok. What do you all think?