design.maddie
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Long story short:
A move was supposed to take 2 days with a third day dedicated just to moving the tank. None of that happened. Move ended up lasting almost a week with no time left for the tank. Electric got shut off earlier than expect at the previous house. No way to make saltwater for 3 more days. Once I finally got everything back in the tank you could just see how bad it had become. All SPS (as expected) dead. All Fish dead. Half of the LR smell so rotten I didn't even put them in the tank. Had to toss 90% of the sand bed. on and on. Tank as slowly start to balance out but I really don't know where to go from here. I even made the comment to the wife "Maybe I should just sell everything"
I think my overall thoughts right now are this; How long should I recycle my tank? (tank was previously up 2.5 years) In what order should I start to add inhabitants? (There are still some pieces of corals left alive.) Is there anything in particular I should be keeping an eye on? I have turned off all the dosers for now, I will have to monitor the tank before starting that. There is so much here to process. It has been about a week now and still trying to figure out my path.
A move was supposed to take 2 days with a third day dedicated just to moving the tank. None of that happened. Move ended up lasting almost a week with no time left for the tank. Electric got shut off earlier than expect at the previous house. No way to make saltwater for 3 more days. Once I finally got everything back in the tank you could just see how bad it had become. All SPS (as expected) dead. All Fish dead. Half of the LR smell so rotten I didn't even put them in the tank. Had to toss 90% of the sand bed. on and on. Tank as slowly start to balance out but I really don't know where to go from here. I even made the comment to the wife "Maybe I should just sell everything"
I think my overall thoughts right now are this; How long should I recycle my tank? (tank was previously up 2.5 years) In what order should I start to add inhabitants? (There are still some pieces of corals left alive.) Is there anything in particular I should be keeping an eye on? I have turned off all the dosers for now, I will have to monitor the tank before starting that. There is so much here to process. It has been about a week now and still trying to figure out my path.