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Posted by BigMike on June 9, 2005, 4:13 am
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got any plans for the homemade denitrator that you are running?
>
> > I may just have managed to crash my tank in one fell swoop...
> >
> > My Setup:
> >
> > 45uk gal
> > 27Kg LR
> > Chrushed shell Substrate (GOD HOW I WISH I'D NEVER PUT IT IN!)
> > 2 Mushroom Corals
> > 1 Pulse Coral
> > 1 Koko Worm
> > 1 Feather Duster
> > 1 Copperband Butterfly
> > 2 Maron Clowns
> > 1 DEAD Lipstick Tang (ok ok I've taken it out)
> >
> > This past 2 weeks my Nitrates have been climbing fast. No other reading
> > are out of spec, nitrites are 0 and Ammonia is .25.
> >
> > So needless to say I was concerned. I asked the advice of a friend of
> > mine who has been keeping marine MUCH longer than I and he said I
> > should consider taking my rock out and cleaning the debris off in a
> > bucket of salt water and then putting it back in. He said that if I
> > have rotting debris accumulating in my tank it would get rid and my
> > levels would drop.
> >
> > I was skeptical but last night I did it. How STUPID could I have been??
> > My tank quickly clouded over (from moning the rock and substrate) and
> > was soon so full of floating particles couldnt even see in it!! My
> > fish were freaked! I changed as much water as I had (25% ish) and had
> > to leave it.
> >
> > This morning my Tang is dead, my clowns are NOT happy and my Butterfly
> > is breathing out the top of the tank.
> >
> > Worst thing is I have had to go away for work today and it will be
> > another 12 hours before I can do any more work on it.
> >
> > any ideas of what I can do? I think I'll hoover out the substrate over
> > the next few changes (providing my tank doesn't crash today) and let it
> > all settle...
> >
> > any thoughts?
> >
> > Dan
>
> >
>
> If your tank is established....you should have 0 Ammonia.
>
> If your tank is newish......it may have trouble dealing with the
> disturbance.
> If is is say......4 months+ old.....you may be right.
>
> Either way JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!
>
> It will clear.
>
> I have only crushed coral and live rock. I have 0,0,0 of the three( A, N,
> N )
>
> I do run a de nitrator. Home made.....good stuff.
>
> Beats the hell out of water changes.
>
> I treat Phosphates with small balls of steel wool every two weeks.
>
> I have fish, coral and inverts in a 160lt (40gal) tank
>
> If you want to know any more......
>
> pls advise
>
> lg
>
>
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> My Setup:
>
> 45uk gal
> 27Kg LR
> Chrushed shell Substrate (GOD HOW I WISH I'D NEVER PUT IT IN!)
> 2 Mushroom Corals
> 1 Pulse Coral
> 1 Koko Worm
> 1 Feather Duster
> 1 Copperband Butterfly
> 2 Maron Clowns
> 1 DEAD Lipstick Tang (ok ok I've taken it out)
>
> This past 2 weeks my Nitrates have been climbing fast. No other reading
> are out of spec, nitrites are 0 and Ammonia is .25.
>
> So needless to say I was concerned. I asked the advice of a friend of
> mine who has been keeping marine MUCH longer than I and he said I
> should consider taking my rock out and cleaning the debris off in a
> bucket of salt water and then putting it back in. He said that if I
> have rotting debris accumulating in my tank it would get rid and my
> levels would drop.
>
> I was skeptical but last night I did it. How STUPID could I have been??
> My tank quickly clouded over (from moning the rock and substrate) and
> was soon so full of floating particles couldnt even see in it!! My
> fish were freaked! I changed as much water as I had (25% ish) and had
> to leave it.
>
> This morning my Tang is dead, my clowns are NOT happy and my Butterfly
> is breathing out the top of the tank.
>
> Worst thing is I have had to go away for work today and it will be
> another 12 hours before I can do any more work on it.
>
> any ideas of what I can do? I think I'll hoover out the substrate over
> the next few changes (providing my tank doesn't crash today) and let it
> all settle...
>
> any thoughts?
>
> Dan