hello all!
I am another unfortunated individual that lives in western washington, and had the extreme pleasure of having no power for 5 days which casued the demise of 2 very cultured tanks. I have decided to sell my larger tank(140Gal, see for sale section), but have decided to restart my 72 bow front tank. After the power was back on I broke down the tanks and sold my LR from my main tank to a LFS, but the rock that was in my 72 I just put in a large tub and set out on the deck. During the meltdown of the 72 gallon I had a very large infestation of worms. SO in an attempt to kill of any hitchhiker worms i left the rock on the deck for 5 days, in which it got fairly cold outside at night, near freezing. I have respun up my tank and have put the rock in, only after 2 seperate scub w/ fresh water sessions.
So i guess my question is, am I wasting my time with this rock? Will it come back and be able to sustain a healthly and strong reef system? The tank has been cycling for about a day and a half now, and my amnonia level is super high, and my nitrite hasn't started to move yet. My skimmer is pulling out some nasty crap also. I have been using seachem's "stability' to help the restart process.
Can i get your guys 2 cents!?
Thanks!
I am another unfortunated individual that lives in western washington, and had the extreme pleasure of having no power for 5 days which casued the demise of 2 very cultured tanks. I have decided to sell my larger tank(140Gal, see for sale section), but have decided to restart my 72 bow front tank. After the power was back on I broke down the tanks and sold my LR from my main tank to a LFS, but the rock that was in my 72 I just put in a large tub and set out on the deck. During the meltdown of the 72 gallon I had a very large infestation of worms. SO in an attempt to kill of any hitchhiker worms i left the rock on the deck for 5 days, in which it got fairly cold outside at night, near freezing. I have respun up my tank and have put the rock in, only after 2 seperate scub w/ fresh water sessions.
So i guess my question is, am I wasting my time with this rock? Will it come back and be able to sustain a healthly and strong reef system? The tank has been cycling for about a day and a half now, and my amnonia level is super high, and my nitrite hasn't started to move yet. My skimmer is pulling out some nasty crap also. I have been using seachem's "stability' to help the restart process.
Can i get your guys 2 cents!?
Thanks!