| Reef Builders Forums » Saltwater Aquariums » New to the Hobby (Getting Started/Setting Up) » Redoing tank |
|
| New to the Hobby (Getting Started/Setting Up) Think you can upgrade to saltwater? Your probably very confused, but remember ask questions and you'll get your answers on here! |
| Notices |
|
 |
06-09-2008, 07:07 PM
| ||||
| ||||
 Redoing tank hey guys well i started a saltwater tank last august towards teh end. it was my first tank -55 gallon and i didnt really kno wat to do. i learned and i finally had the right equipment and everything. i eventually started to buy some fish and they died. i tried to fix the problems and then i got a few more fish. they died also. after that i just gave up. my tank has been sitting in my basement since about january or february. it has about 45lbs of live rock and i havent really done anything to it. theres a couple of corals and they look bad. i havent switched out the water or cleaned it. i havent turned on the lights or the filter. pretty much the only thing runnning is one powerhead. i would like to know if i can salvage anythign. i mean the rock looks okay but anything else. i have about 40lbs of sand that i had gotten. it was calcium carbonate and i added some bacteria to it in the beginning. im pretty sure its dead now . i need some tips on how i can restart this tank. thanks a bunch th
__________________ If you build it, they will come  |
| Sponsored Links |
 |
|
06-09-2008, 07:13 PM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank I'm surprised you still have some coral if you have left the lights off. What kind of equipment do you have? Lights? Filtration?
__________________ -Logan 14g BioCube 1.5g Pico Tank Survivor of a reef tank crash... and I'm still here, ya I'm addicted :) Your Tank doesn't tell you when your finished Your Bank account tells you when your done :) |
|
06-09-2008, 07:53 PM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank the coarl cant be alive for that long with no light
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, Hermits, Snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, one fighting conch, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom rock, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, Two Orange Ricordea Mushrooms, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, one Halimeda Plant, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, BLUE Xiena, one pink birds nest, amd one loco lobo leather coral. |
|
06-09-2008, 09:26 PM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank Quote:
|
|
06-09-2008, 10:06 PM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank yea i no jim but this guys saying he hasent paid attention to it with only a power head running in his basement since about january or february !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! what a waist.
__________________ 40 gallon Reef with a 20 gallon high sump- One Yellow Wrasse, 2 Chromis, Hermits, Snails, one Sand Sifting Tiger Starfish, one fighting conch, and Corals- one frogs spawn coral, one Green striped and purple mushroom rock, one pink/tan mushroom frag, one hybrid mushroom rock, one Red mushroom rock, 2 differnt types of green star polyps, Two Cynarina corals, , one Fox coarl, one button polyp rock , one yellow scroll coral, one Big Orange Montipora capricornis, Two Orange Ricordea Mushrooms, Two Blue Maxima clams , One Big Yellow Trumpet Coral, one Halimeda Plant, a Cabbage Leather Frag, Red Sea xiena (purple), Tan Xiena, BLUE Xiena, one pink birds nest, amd one loco lobo leather coral. |
|
06-10-2008, 01:53 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank Sometimes things happen in our lives where we can no longer afford to keep the tank up a running... whether it be because of time or money. My first reef tank got neglected for almost 2 months once because I couldn't afford the upkeep...Stuff happens. Not to say that that is what happened here, but something to keep in mind.
__________________ -Logan 14g BioCube 1.5g Pico Tank Survivor of a reef tank crash... and I'm still here, ya I'm addicted :) Your Tank doesn't tell you when your finished Your Bank account tells you when your done :) |
|
06-10-2008, 02:09 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank Fish can survive in pretty horrid conditions but low O2 from low flow or high ammonia. I would guess you have inadequant water flow for proper O2 exchange. |
|
06-10-2008, 08:29 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank This is what I did, I followed the threads named Part 1, part 2 and part 3, pretty much to the letter. I don't know if you've seen them so just thought I'd mention them, very helpful!
__________________ Dana Frogspawn, kenya tree, zoos, 2 pep. shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, 5 hermit crabs, assorted snails, 3 perculas, cherub angel, blue dot goby, orange spot shrimp goby, lawnmower blenny |
|
06-10-2008, 09:34 AM
| ||||
| ||||
| Re: Redoing tank Heres the link dinor2 was talking about. 1-2-3 Reef Building (step-by-step) - Reef Builders Forums |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| 24 Gallon Aquapod Seahorse Tank?!?! | Dustin1300 | Nano Tanks | 6 | 06-05-2008 01:20 AM |
| Qt tank? | swansondan | New to the Hobby (Getting Started/Setting Up) | 12 | 09-05-2007 09:32 PM |
| Part 1 - Reef tank set up guide | kolokefalo | Reef Building (step-by-step) | 4 | 08-31-2007 05:11 AM |
| Is it possible to move a tank??? | CaseyH | Reef Discussion | 5 | 03-15-2007 05:00 PM |
| Tank of the Month | RyanG | Tank of The Month | 0 | 02-14-2007 09:03 AM |
