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Originally Posted by SharkBait925 http:///t/392673/help-need-opinions-on-a-craigslist-add-75-gal-reef-tank#post_3489351
Here's what I'm thinking...
I think I made a major SNAFU... The new sand I got from the lfs was old sand they hand in one of their display tanks... The owner told me it was thoroughly rinsed but after digging out numerous dead snails I don't think that was very true. I think I may have nuked my tank like Seth described earlier.
The glass is covered in thick algae and the ammonia is out of control... I am lucky enough to have some funds available to build a sump and set it up the right way. I'm thinking about draining the tank, really rinsing the sand, cleaning the tank and drilling holes for sump plumbing as I don't have room for an overflow.
Is this a bad idea? Should I just wait it out and let biology take it's course? Or am I in too deep and need to start over?
Dead snail shells does not mean it wasn't rinsed, why you would buy sand like that...I don't know.
Anyway, it does sound like a nuked tank. I this were me...I would remove any and all surviving critters to tubs and ask the LFS to take them and try and save them if they can. Then I would clean everything up and start over. Or.... remove everything alive and let her ride, because all that ammonia will turn into good bacteria, thus meaning you have the start of the cycle on it's merry way. JMO.
Originally Posted by SharkBait925 http:///t/392673/help-need-opinions-on-a-craigslist-add-75-gal-reef-tank#post_3489351
Here's what I'm thinking...
I think I made a major SNAFU... The new sand I got from the lfs was old sand they hand in one of their display tanks... The owner told me it was thoroughly rinsed but after digging out numerous dead snails I don't think that was very true. I think I may have nuked my tank like Seth described earlier.
The glass is covered in thick algae and the ammonia is out of control... I am lucky enough to have some funds available to build a sump and set it up the right way. I'm thinking about draining the tank, really rinsing the sand, cleaning the tank and drilling holes for sump plumbing as I don't have room for an overflow.
Is this a bad idea? Should I just wait it out and let biology take it's course? Or am I in too deep and need to start over?
Dead snail shells does not mean it wasn't rinsed, why you would buy sand like that...I don't know.
Anyway, it does sound like a nuked tank. I this were me...I would remove any and all surviving critters to tubs and ask the LFS to take them and try and save them if they can. Then I would clean everything up and start over. Or.... remove everything alive and let her ride, because all that ammonia will turn into good bacteria, thus meaning you have the start of the cycle on it's merry way. JMO.