Wretch's 54g Aqueon RR Corner Build

[Wretch]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

It's WC night, so I'm stuck in my sump room

Have you changed how you feed your tank lately? If your nutrients are ultra low your skimmer will basically quit. Also, if the venturi is plugging up on the air inlet side you won't get much foam and will in turn get a higher water level, or even an overflowing skimmer.

First thing i checked was the venturi. Everything seems to be working, I will check it tomorrow again.

No changes in feeding.

[Wretch]

Well I guess its time for an update. My tank suffered complete die off when we had the big power outage a while ago. I have been neglecting it since then, only topping up the water. Seems I now have an algae garden that blows beautifully side to side as the water pulses. Long hair algae is growing all over the glass and sand. A little bit of tiny bubble algae on some of the rocks. Not the most pleasing site in the world.



So now begins the quest to start again. Just picking up some salt today. Going to scrape everything off and sucks everything out then do a water change. Hopefully things look ok after that or I might end up changing the rock and maybe the sand not sure yet. Hopefully I can update this thread soon with something more appealing then the pictures above.

What does one do with used sand and rock? I live in a condo its not like I can put it in my yard.

[Wretch]

Well I finally got around to giving the tank a good old cleaning. I made up some water.



Pulled out what dead frags would come out.



Scraped as much gunk off as I could then changed the water.



I just gave the tank another scrape and have another batch of water ready to go, so I will be doing a water change soon. Tanks looks 100 times better and I think I will be ready for another clean up crew next week.

[WarDog]

Looks better than it did last week, that's for sure buddy!

Watch out for the obvious ammonia spike and perhaps a mini cycle.

[Wretch]

Well I decided this time to try and keep my fish stocking on the more conservative side. If anyone sees anything out of place or order let me know thanks.

First additions: Diamond watchmen Goby and Royal Gramma
Second: 2 clowns most likely oce/percs
Third: Starcki Damsel
Fourth: Six line Wrasse(maybe a different wrasse but I do like six lines)

[Wretch]

Well I jumped on the group order and got a nice 9 piece frag pack from Fragbox. The sorta first pieces I put back into my tank. I got a few frags from Wardog before the other frags showed up later that day.

All the frags loaded on the rack


Some closer shots of the frags.

[WarDog]

You are back in the game buddy!