Cleaned house

buster65 · 07-26-2006, 09:22 PM

Just cleaned house tonight. I have a 30 gal reef for about a year. First six months were great. coraline algee growing. then I got alot of hair alge and white spot. Lost all of the fish. I had a DIY skimmer and a whisper filter.

tonight I threw out the DIY and the whisper installed a Remora skimmer and 75% of the rock. I scraped everything and scrubed. I still have a torch coral, ricordia and a hammer coral. they are hanging in there. Blood shrimp has lived through it all.

Without the whisper the tank has alot of particulate floating around. I only installed the old whisper when my old diamond goby "sifty" made the tank cloudy. any suggestions how to clear the water?

when should I introduce new live rock?

zxcv123 · 07-26-2006, 09:29 PM

you shouldnt add live rock when you have corals/ shrimp because it could cause a mini cycle and kill them

dobejazz · 07-26-2006, 09:34 PM

Is your original live rock back in the tank?

buster65 · 07-26-2006, 09:35 PM

I left a few pieces of rock in the tank. Maybe 10 lbs.

dobejazz · 07-26-2006, 09:38 PM

If you buy fully cured rock from a reputable LFS and keep it wet Damp at the least you should be able to add it with out problems. or if you could set up a tank or even a rubber maid container you can cure the rock in that before adding it to the tank

buster65 · 07-26-2006, 09:42 PM

Any idea how to keep the water clear? The skimmer doesn't filter particulate. I removed the whisper filter b/c I thought it was a breeding ground.

Phishnoob · 07-26-2006, 09:49 PM

Remove the filter thingy from the Whisper and stick in floss (pillow stuffing at a craft store) and a sack of Wallyword carbon for some other filter that has the individual media elements.

Let it run for a couple of days to clean up the crud then throw the floss and carbon away and put away the Whisper for the next time.

Loverotties · 07-26-2006, 09:50 PM

Buy a Magnum H.O.T. filter with a poly filter and carbon.and use it for a day or two should do! P.S.Were in NJ are you!

buster65 · 07-26-2006, 09:51 PM

I definately want to get another diamond goby. They kick up alot of sand but they are funny.

buster65 · 07-26-2006, 09:52 PM

I am in Franklin Lakes, North Bergen. Where are U.

buster65 · 07-26-2006, 10:00 PM

Still have alot of hair alge. It is a small layer of fuzz. Whats the best way to get rid of it?