bigjoeybx
03/03/2011, 12:28 PM
Well i wouldnt say im new to the hobby. I had my tank up and running since 2008. In 2010 I basically stopped taking care of it. major case of neglect. but surprisingly the only effect I seen were the fish loss. had 7 fish at the prime of my hobby. Now only Nemo left. i recently decided to get back into it full steam. there wasnt any algea really. Havent skimmed in over 6 months. I keep my fluval FX5 running though. (kick *** canister IMO).
So heres what I did
I took out just about every piece of live rock i had out. Just a few pieces I left in to keep something alive. Took out around 20lbs of sand. Didnt want another DSB for some reason. killed all the rest of the rock. Ive soaked them for a good month let them air dry for atleast 1 week. Got my skimmer back up running Superskimmer 125. I must say its pulling out some nasty stuff. And after maybe 8 months finally turned the lights back on. Noticed one of the rocks still have life on it. little red things looks like feather dusters. So that made me ahappy man. So I restacked everything and now I get excited everytime I walk past it.
Im a patient man when it comes to this but how long before i can put some new livestock in it. I was thinking like maybe waiting atleast 2 weeks. Gonna get a couple of chromis. My water par seems good Nitrate. 20ppm amm is 0.5 im assuming they high because i was messing with the sand bed and whatnot. What do yall think. here is some pics also.
So heres what I did
I took out just about every piece of live rock i had out. Just a few pieces I left in to keep something alive. Took out around 20lbs of sand. Didnt want another DSB for some reason. killed all the rest of the rock. Ive soaked them for a good month let them air dry for atleast 1 week. Got my skimmer back up running Superskimmer 125. I must say its pulling out some nasty stuff. And after maybe 8 months finally turned the lights back on. Noticed one of the rocks still have life on it. little red things looks like feather dusters. So that made me ahappy man. So I restacked everything and now I get excited everytime I walk past it.
Im a patient man when it comes to this but how long before i can put some new livestock in it. I was thinking like maybe waiting atleast 2 weeks. Gonna get a couple of chromis. My water par seems good Nitrate. 20ppm amm is 0.5 im assuming they high because i was messing with the sand bed and whatnot. What do yall think. here is some pics also.