starfishguy869
Active Member
So I just got back from vacation and noticed that my tank kind of looked like a dumpster fire, and I thought I’d share how I revamped everything.
Problems:
My ATO ran dry for 5 days
My aquarium has a salinity of over 1.032
The Return pump has failed
My alkalinity has dropped massively
There is a bunch of crusty algae growing everywhere
My corals were brought to the LFS and I only left a GSP and some Pocillopora.
Luckily, nothing died except for a snail. ):
I got a few pieces of equipment from an LFS including a dosing pump, a Jebao pump, and a Zoox algae scraper.
I started by wiping all the algae off the glass. Then I started slowly adjusting my salinity. Over the course of 1 day, I dropped the salinity to 1.026. I filled up the ATO and started mixing some fresh saltwater today. While that was happening, I tested the alkalinity and calcium and found out that the alkalinity had dropped by 3 dKH and my calcium had dropped by 225 ppm. Because the aquarium contains barely anything, I decided to raise the alkalinity over 3 days and the calcium over 2 days. I also don’t have any new saltwater so I will do a 2/3 water change once my saltwater mixed completely. I will update tomorrow.
Problems:
My ATO ran dry for 5 days
My aquarium has a salinity of over 1.032
The Return pump has failed
My alkalinity has dropped massively
There is a bunch of crusty algae growing everywhere
My corals were brought to the LFS and I only left a GSP and some Pocillopora.
Luckily, nothing died except for a snail. ):
I got a few pieces of equipment from an LFS including a dosing pump, a Jebao pump, and a Zoox algae scraper.
I started by wiping all the algae off the glass. Then I started slowly adjusting my salinity. Over the course of 1 day, I dropped the salinity to 1.026. I filled up the ATO and started mixing some fresh saltwater today. While that was happening, I tested the alkalinity and calcium and found out that the alkalinity had dropped by 3 dKH and my calcium had dropped by 225 ppm. Because the aquarium contains barely anything, I decided to raise the alkalinity over 3 days and the calcium over 2 days. I also don’t have any new saltwater so I will do a 2/3 water change once my saltwater mixed completely. I will update tomorrow.
