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![]() The rebuild begins....
Pull all the marco rock and the sand bed out of the system today.. Took my fish to my LFS, and then picked up some Fiji and Tonga Branch LIVE rock from good ol' Denny. I've got water going to make a fresh batch of Saltwater which I will use for an initial WC to pull out some of the junk that got disturbed. After that I will do another 30-40G in the next day or 2. Let any sort of mini-cycle that's gonna happen run it's course and then check all params and adjust accordingly. Fingers Crossed! ![]()
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![]() Well, 45G worth of water changed out since last night. Got a bit of a aquascape going but will likely pick up a few more pieces from the LFS tomorrow to finish it off along with a filter sock to help polish the water and get the fine sand dust out of the water column. Will do another 10G WC tomorrow and see where I'm at with my levels, I'm not expecting much of a cycle.
One of the pieces of LR I got from Denny had some Black Sun Corals on it and I'm actually getting some polyp extension from them already, even with all the fluctuations I've had in the past 24hrs... Temp, Salinity, Dust Clouds, etc Feather dusters are coming out too.. I've noticed a few nasty 'nems that I need to blast though.. I've also decided to bail out on the LED trend and go back to what I know so I put an order on an ATI Dimmable Sunpower 6x39W light fixture today. Will update again when I've got more info. ![]()
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![]() wow. Im super glad with the LED that have I really like the color and the spread that I have with the light. having not to worry about it for the nest 5 years is awesome. When it goes I cant wait to take it apart and see how it clicks. But for now I wil enjoy the light with all the fancy gadgets.
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![]() A complete reset should do the trick! Things should be better from here on, cause I want to see this build take off. I am with you on the t-5 boat, finally decided to ditch my leds and get a dimmable ati fixture as well
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![]() hahaha.. It's worth a shot, right?.
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If a complete reset and traditional lighting don't do the trick then I guess it's just not meant to be for me. lol
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![]() So......whats the plan for the Mitra?????
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![]() It's already been spoken for.
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![]() Nice progress, even if it is to rebuild everything. I like the photos.
I too found the secret to my issues was many large water changes which eventually equated to about 200% WC on my system. I've got my fingers crossed for you. |