Volcano reef Round 2/revive tank

[Rothany]

As many of you know. My tank crashed due to some pollution
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f14/stupid-ex-girlfriend-blahhhh-64218/
The only thing that survived was my mangroves. I love my trees


After thinking long and very hard. And with the awesome support from the forum. I have decided to start the tank back up.

My plan is to clean as much as I can and just re-cure everything in the tank.
Is this a good idea? Water has been filled and im planning to doing water changes like crazy

Thanks to everyone for being so supportive. Its been rough,this love/relationship thing is crazy.

This will help me move on with my life in a way. New start new beginnings.

Those frags you guys are offering will have a good home,when the tank is ready lol :rockon:

How it was before the pollution lol

pollution

=(

now on to the revive

got all of the water out and re-did my rock

Fisherman lives (fishing for a new life)

filling time

So any pointers will help Thank Again guys.

 

[Raamiah]

Glad to see your back in! Good luck with the "new" tank!

 

[Peppie]

Good for you!! That is what you need a brand new start to keep your mind on a positive note.
Keep us posted.

Just let us know when you need to re stock your tank with life.

 

[Rothany]

Thanks guys hopefully it doesnt take to long. I need to life in there. BUt I will wait this out

 

[1guydude]

wat about the sand? Is the bleach in that ya think?Congrats on starting it back up

 

[Rothany]

Im not sure. I started up on a whim. What do you think?

 

[SaltwaterNoobs]

Congrats on reviving your tank!! Good for you for starting over, rather than giving up

In regards to your sand (because I was thinking the same thing as 1guydude), I would stir it up in the water you just added, do as big a water change as you can (all of it, in fact, if you can), drain the water, fill the tank halfway and do the same thing again - maybe even a 3rd time for good measure. Just my 0.02 on the sand matter

Otherwise, re-curing is a good plan for your rock. What route are you taking for that?

 

[Peppie]

I think the sand would need to be washed a lot better than what you are able to do with it in the tank.
If it were me, I would get a tote from WM pull all the sand out of the tank and place it in the tote. Put a hose in the tote with the sand and turn it on. (outside of course).
Leave the water on and stir the sand every 1/2 hour or so. I would do this for a couple of hours. Let it set full over nite then hit the same 1/2 hour stir pattern again for a few more hours. That is my 00.02

 

[Krish]

Good to see you are setting back up! All the best!


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[TJL]

There is a good chance of there being some dead organic matter in the sand but not much of a chance at having any Bleach left in there as it pretty much gasses of on its own. If you can smell any ??? just use a little de-chlor and you'll be fine. Your skimmer should handle the organic die off well enough during re-cycling. Do you know for sure that it was only Bleach used to KILL your livestock ??? If something else was used I would suggest using a hermit crab then a snail then a inexpensive Peppermint Shrimp as Canaries before adding anything else to system.

Cheers and Head Up, Todd

<<< Krish's twin sister

 

[user 26995]

Glad to see you setting it back up Rothany.

 

[Rothany]

Congrats on reviving your tank!! Good for you for starting over, rather than giving up

In regards to your sand (because I was thinking the same thing as 1guydude), I would stir it up in the water you just added, do as big a water change as you can (all of it, in fact, if you can), drain the water, fill the tank halfway and do the same thing again - maybe even a 3rd time for good measure. Just my 0.02 on the sand matter

Otherwise, re-curing is a good plan for your rock. What route are you taking for that?

With the rock I was just plan in leaving it all in and let it cure with the tank. Is that a good idea. And yes I will do water changes huge ones. Thanks

 

[Rothany]

I think the sand would need to be washed a lot better than what you are able to do with it in the tank.
If it were me, I would get a tote from WM pull all the sand out of the tank and place it in the tote. Put a hose in the tote with the sand and turn it on. (outside of course).
Leave the water on and stir the sand every 1/2 hour or so. I would do this for a couple of hours. Let it set full over nite then hit the same 1/2 hour stir pattern again for a few more hours. That is my 00.02

Dang I should've thought about taking all the sand out and doing that.before putting the water in.

 

[rukis]

Glad your back in it brotha! Are you gonna go same rock structure or change it up a bit? Anything your gonna do different this time?

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[Rothany]

There is a good chance of there being some dead organic matter in the sand but not much of a chance at having any Bleach left in there as it pretty much gasses of on its own. If you can smell any ??? just use a little de-chlor and you'll be fine. Your skimmer should handle the organic die off well enough during re-cycling. Do you know for sure that it was only Bleach used to KILL your livestock ??? If something else was used I would suggest using a hermit crab then a snail then a inexpensive Peppermint Shrimp as Canaries before adding anything else to system.

Cheers and Head Up, Todd

<<< Krish's twin sister

That makes some kind of sense to me. The Skimmer has been going nuts since the startup. So I'm going to wait till the Skimmer cools down a little bit before adding a canary lol

 

[Rothany]

Glad your back in it brotha! Are you gonna go same rock structure or change it up a bit? Anything your gonna do different this time?

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I changed the rock up a little. Going to be adding another water fall somewhere. And I was thinking of going the softy route. What do you think?

 

[Rothany]

What do you guys think? Sps forest or softies?

 

[trido]

I think SPS forest. You obviously have a knack at growing fuzzy sticks. I also agree with TJL in the chlorine from the bleach evaporating out of the water and not being an issue. I would expect a longer than normal cycle though from the die off from deep within the rock. Regardless of how long the cycle is, you will have corals and fish back into it before too long anyway.

 

[Skimmy]

i vote for softies and lps...
if for no other reson than this is a new tank,
and a whole new vibe.
plus it will be less work and worry than an sps reef.

 

[Rothany]

I think SPS forest. You obviously have a knack at growing fuzzy sticks. I also agree with TJL in the chlorine from the bleach evaporating out of the water and not being an issue. I would expect a longer than normal cycle though from the die off from deep within the rock. Regardless of how long the cycle is, you will have corals and fish back into it before too long anyway.

Why thank you. I had the strawberry shortcake piece in there. Man I'm sure gonna miss it. I'm going to wait this sucker out. Also that is cool to know bout the bleach evaporating