 My Tank Is In Trouble
It's my own fault. I hit a hard patch and didn't take care of the tank as well as I should have. I've had my tank, a 28gal hexagon, for about a year. After 9 months it was doing quite well. I had been struggling to control some aiptasia that I "inherited" from some live rock I purchased from a friend. Then I hit a period of issues and I wasn't able to take care of the tank for about a month and a half. The only livestock I have is 1 damsel, 1 coral beauty, and 1 lawnmower blennie. I have a few hermit crabs, no snails (they died). I also have a brittle star.
Now I'm back on my feet but my tank is a disaster. My blennie has disappeared, I have serious algae growth (looks like moss), some slime green and brown algae, and probably a thousand aiptasia. I've been trying for the last week to use some aiptasia control but it's not having any noticable effect. My live rock is a mess and my blennie has disappeared. I'm desperate. If I could afford it, I would buy a new tank and move my remaining fish to it and then maybe recure my live rock (is that even possible?), but I can't. I have to try and salvage this tank but I'm afraid it's too late.
What should I do? I thought of taking all the live rock out and killing everything in fresh water, but I also have lots of corraline (sp?) growing and I realize I'd be throwing the baby out with the bathwater so to speak.
Please help.  |