Short Story:
Well, I had a catastrophic tank disaster (110g double-overflow). But, long story short, it is up and running again, with more live rock, and even some creatures.
Long story:
For anyone who is wondering, don't try to use fiberglass insulation as a filter medium. It comes apart, gets gross, gets sucked inside your pumps, and all hell breaks loose. So, my tank was down for a few months. Well, I decided to get it going again. I called my LFS, and got the owner to come out and get everything hunky-dory again. $760 later, I had water flowing, pump going, correct filtration installed, 50lbs more live rock (to add to the 80lbs of moldy algea live rock sitting in the once-dead tank), 30 hermit crabs, two clown fish, and two shrimp. :bowdown::bounce:
After a brief disturbance caused by 1.032 salinity (all of my crystallized salt melted, jacked up my salinity), I ran over and got 20lbs of fresh water, and that evened everything out. About two weeks later, I bought the clowns and shrimp. I drip-acclimated my clowns and shrimp, and put them inside after an hour or so of dripping. Everything seemed fine with the clowns, and they look happy. But since putting the shrimp inside (24 hours and counting), I haven't seen them. They went behind a rock, and never came out. Could they be dead?
The shrimp were purchased because I found an ugly black sea anemone growing out of one of the new live rocks. My LFS said it was a pest, and that the shrimp would kill him. Does that sound plausible?
Pics on their way!
stats:
temp: 75
alkalinity: 3
ph: 8.1
salinity: 1.024
let me know if any of those numbers are way out of wack, and how to correct them.
Thanks guys! :bowdown:
Well, I had a catastrophic tank disaster (110g double-overflow). But, long story short, it is up and running again, with more live rock, and even some creatures.
Long story:
For anyone who is wondering, don't try to use fiberglass insulation as a filter medium. It comes apart, gets gross, gets sucked inside your pumps, and all hell breaks loose. So, my tank was down for a few months. Well, I decided to get it going again. I called my LFS, and got the owner to come out and get everything hunky-dory again. $760 later, I had water flowing, pump going, correct filtration installed, 50lbs more live rock (to add to the 80lbs of moldy algea live rock sitting in the once-dead tank), 30 hermit crabs, two clown fish, and two shrimp. :bowdown::bounce:
After a brief disturbance caused by 1.032 salinity (all of my crystallized salt melted, jacked up my salinity), I ran over and got 20lbs of fresh water, and that evened everything out. About two weeks later, I bought the clowns and shrimp. I drip-acclimated my clowns and shrimp, and put them inside after an hour or so of dripping. Everything seemed fine with the clowns, and they look happy. But since putting the shrimp inside (24 hours and counting), I haven't seen them. They went behind a rock, and never came out. Could they be dead?
The shrimp were purchased because I found an ugly black sea anemone growing out of one of the new live rocks. My LFS said it was a pest, and that the shrimp would kill him. Does that sound plausible?
Pics on their way!
stats:
temp: 75
alkalinity: 3
ph: 8.1
salinity: 1.024
let me know if any of those numbers are way out of wack, and how to correct them.
Thanks guys! :bowdown:
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