Two year old tank is cycling after redoing aquascape - should I be worried?

fartman36 · 03/09/2011, 09:10 PM

Hi,
I decided to redo my aquascaping to a more open type. Seven days latter I have cloudy water and a diatom bloom. I have sps (bali greens, birdsnest,lps, shrums, polys, rics, and a bunch of fish. My parameters have been great. Should I just do water changes and run carbon to reduce the impact to my tank inhabitants. Everything is looking fine except a neon green leather has retracted. I'm worried that cycling will harm my reef and fish.

Thanks,
Ryan

jimrawr · 03/09/2011, 09:59 PM

Have you tested for ammonia?

Pcrain · 03/09/2011, 10:27 PM

i wouldn't be worried i have dealt with these bacteria blooms almost everytime i move a tank. i would really call it a cycle just a bacteria bloom the bio filter is still capable of changing your nitirite to ammonia to nitrate. did you disturb your sand bed much? i would do a decent sized water change just for peace of mind

bertoni · 03/10/2011, 03:51 PM

If the ammonia level is zero, the tank likely will be fine. If there is ammonia, I'd add some Amquel or Prime ASAP.

Samcro · 03/11/2011, 01:14 AM

i bought an already tank setup from someone and after a few weeks of moving all the rock sand and critters i had a huge algae and cyano problem from disturbing the sandbed. it was actually CC. a few water changes and time youy should be back to normal in no time.

03/09/2011, 09:10 PM	#1
fartman36 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Katy TX Posts: 83	Two year old tank is cycling after redoing aquascape - should I be worried? Hi, I decided to redo my aquascaping to a more open type. Seven days latter I have cloudy water and a diatom bloom. I have sps (bali greens, birdsnest,lps, shrums, polys, rics, and a bunch of fish. My parameters have been great. Should I just do water changes and run carbon to reduce the impact to my tank inhabitants. Everything is looking fine except a neon green leather has retracted. I'm worried that cycling will harm my reef and fish. Thanks, Ryan __________________ Ryan Current Tank Info: 90g mixed reef, 2 Kessil A350W, LED actinic, WP40, WP10, BRS Duo, Reef Octo NWB150, 29g sump, spectrapure rodi, a bunch of other toys

03/09/2011, 09:59 PM	#2
jimrawr Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Palm Beach County, FL Posts: 1,887	Have you tested for ammonia? __________________ Tank Info: 75g, 40g Sump, AquaMaxx Skimmer, Two Tunze 6095, ATI 8x52", Bubble Magus Dosing Pump, Apex Controller, Tunze ATO.

03/10/2011, 03:51 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	If the ammonia level is zero, the tank likely will be fine. If there is ammonia, I'd add some Amquel or Prime ASAP. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

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03/09/2011, 10:27 PM	#3
Pcrain Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: chico ca Posts: 414	i wouldn't be worried i have dealt with these bacteria blooms almost everytime i move a tank. i would really call it a cycle just a bacteria bloom the bio filter is still capable of changing your nitirite to ammonia to nitrate. did you disturb your sand bed much? i would do a decent sized water change just for peace of mind

03/11/2011, 01:14 AM	#5
Samcro Moved On Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 114	i bought an already tank setup from someone and after a few weeks of moving all the rock sand and critters i had a huge algae and cyano problem from disturbing the sandbed. it was actually CC. a few water changes and time youy should be back to normal in no time.