130 Reef - complete rebuild

Raeofsunshinefl · 07/12/2021, 05:51 PM

After a 6+ month battle with Vermid snails, I decided on a complete breakdown & reset. The tank was emptied of all sand/rock/water and massively cleaned. She’s full again & ready for fish. Any advice on adding my fish back in? I’m sure they’ll need to be acclimated.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Fiish · 07/13/2021, 01:18 PM

If you are talking about existing fish then just acclimatize your fish back to the main tank, I would have added first the water where the fish were and then the new water little by little.

cody6766 · 07/18/2021, 11:10 AM

Use one of those bacterial jump start solutions. Your cleaning likely killed off a lot of your healthy bacteria and your bioload will stay the same, so you'll need to compensate for it. Dose that stuff, feed carefully, and be prepared to do more frequent water changes for a little while.
You may also get the "ugly new tank syndrome" diatom and algae bloom that we all deal with for the first couple of weeks/months of the tank's life.

07/12/2021, 05:51 PM	#1
Raeofsunshinefl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Merritt Island, Florida Posts: 1	130 Reef - complete rebuild After a 6+ month battle with Vermid snails, I decided on a complete breakdown & reset. The tank was emptied of all sand/rock/water and massively cleaned. She’s full again & ready for fish. Any advice on adding my fish back in? I’m sure they’ll need to be acclimated. Any tips would be appreciated.

07/13/2021, 01:18 PM	#2
Fiish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 202	If you are talking about existing fish then just acclimatize your fish back to the main tank, I would have added first the water where the fish were and then the new water little by little. __________________ Lalo J.

07/18/2021, 11:10 AM	#3
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	Use one of those bacterial jump start solutions. Your cleaning likely killed off a lot of your healthy bacteria and your bioload will stay the same, so you'll need to compensate for it. Dose that stuff, feed carefully, and be prepared to do more frequent water changes for a little while. You may also get the "ugly new tank syndrome" diatom and algae bloom that we all deal with for the first couple of weeks/months of the tank's life. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI