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Old 05-11-2008, 10:47 AM
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Location: Clinton township, Michigan
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Default Re: My Tank Is In Trouble

Hi pablo, sorry to hear you ran into a rough time in your life, God knows that happens. As far as the tank, I would start over since it is that bad. Get a tupperware bin large enough to hold most of the rock and enough ro/di water to cover the rock completely. Add salt to that water and a very small heater to get the water temp up to the tanks temp. The rock is good so you don't want to kill everything off. A real small power head will give you circulation in the bin. Siphon out about 30% of your aquarium water into a separate bucket and then begin taking the worst algae covered rock out and with a stiff tooth brush (preferably new) brush off all the algae and keep rinsing as you do and then place it in the bin with the ro/di water. Do this to almost all the rock but keep 1/3 of the rock in the aquarium (the ones with least algae). When you have all the rock in the bin keep top over it so no light gets in but some air can. Now you can begin to clean up the aquarium and then add back the water you took out for cleaning the rock and add some nitrifying bacteria. You will probably find the skeleton of your blenny. I will suggest that when you post and are asking for help or for ideas, please include all basic information. Basic information should include; all water parameters, size of tank and complete set up meaning, filter type (sump, canister etc.), lighting (what type and total output) and if you have fish only with live rock and if you keep corals. Also how long the tank has been up. I know some of this is your bio but many bios don't contain this info. I hope this advice is helpful. After about 2 weeks add the rock from the bin back to the aquarium and add more bacteria. Keep us informed and ask more questions if you have any.
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