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10/07/2009, 07:28 AM
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Starting over?
So I'm frustrated. I haven't actually enjoyed the hobby for about the last 6 months (ever since moving from a 30 gallon cube to a 65 gallon tall). I've dealt with the loss of two picasso clowns that were able to make it into the sump and got eaten by the skimmer, my caps aren't bright enough, water quality issues, and red slime algae has been prevolent for 6 months. I've done everything that the fish store and community has mentioned, and I'm about ready to ditch the hobby all together.
I'm at the point where starting over sounds like a great idea. The current glass has a small leak, and I'm thinking about doing all new glass. I've only one piece of coral that I'm atimate about keeping, and the LFS has offered to house that and my fish while i start over. Anybody ever done the 'starting over' song and dance before? I'm hoping somebody out there will say 'oh yes, and i've loved it for the last X decades!' Thanks! |
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10/07/2009, 07:39 AM
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Location: Rockford, Illinois
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Starting over seems like it would be your best bet. I started over with one of my tanks (55 gallon a few years back) and things went fine and dandy. Just remember to not rush anything, and keep the rock in the water from the tank so you dont kill the good bacteria.
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10/07/2009, 07:40 AM
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I was actually going to start everything over, including rock, because I'm worried that my rock is part of the problem of where some of my crap algae is coming from...
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10/07/2009, 08:28 AM
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Location: NW PA
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Why do you think the rock is part of the problem? I had awful problems when I was using just honeycomb base rock with one big chunk of LR, but since I added 50lbs of real live rock, the base that I left in has been doing great and is finally getting covered in coralline and everything.
Starting over sounds like it might be your best bet, it just sounds like a shame to waste all of that LR. |
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10/07/2009, 08:40 AM
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Why do you think the rock is part of the problem? I had awful problems when I was using just honeycomb base rock with one big chunk of LR, but since I added 50lbs of real live rock, the base that I left in has been doing great and is finally getting covered in coralline and everything.
Starting over sounds like it might be your best bet, it just sounds like a shame to waste all of that LR. |
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10/07/2009, 08:40 AM
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Woops sorry, didn't mean to double post...!
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10/07/2009, 10:14 AM
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Moved On
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Southern California
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I say start over.
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10/07/2009, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern VA
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Something is fueling the cyano. Are you using RO/DI water? Are you a heavy feeder? Do you run GFO? How about a refugium - do you have one of those, or any macroalge in the tank? How old are your light bulbs?
Sorry about all the questions, but unless you find the source of the problem, you'll likely end up with it in the new tank too. FWIW, I did have to do a total restart on my 30 cube a few years back due to a massive bryopsis outbreak. This was before people started overdosing magnesium to kill it off. Had that been a known option at the time I certainly would have gone that route. Re-starting is an expensive journey.
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