ed_peters
08/22/2004, 11:16 PM
Its been a tough week. About a week ago I had my Cap aqua 1800 skimmer pump short out while I was at work. I came home to that gut wrenching something isn't right smell. I checked my tank to find my Xenias yellow, and all my snails on the bottom! :-(
Needless to say this event started my tank into a death spiral, after major water changes all week I have managed to save my two frogspawn, a flowerpot (still minimal extension) and my sun coral hanging in there. I lost my yellow tank, cleaner shrimp and three of four Peppermint shrimp. I ending up losing my Rose BTA, two green star polyps, a torch coral, two types of xenia.
My question for those more knowledgeable, it appears that my tank is still in some short of cycle. I haven't been able to get my Ammonia much under 1 PPM. I am continuing water changes and have experimented with Amquel. How long should I expect to have to ride this out? Has anyone else had a similar experience? As my son says, the tank looks like the surfice of the moon (lots of bare rock) I am seeing some algea blooms but the replenished sanils seem to have them under control.
I have bought some live sand from Garf to try and re-activate my DSB. It looks like my pod population was decimated.
Any suggestions welcomed. I can see know how people get frustrated and pack it in and quit the hobby.
Needless to say this event started my tank into a death spiral, after major water changes all week I have managed to save my two frogspawn, a flowerpot (still minimal extension) and my sun coral hanging in there. I lost my yellow tank, cleaner shrimp and three of four Peppermint shrimp. I ending up losing my Rose BTA, two green star polyps, a torch coral, two types of xenia.
My question for those more knowledgeable, it appears that my tank is still in some short of cycle. I haven't been able to get my Ammonia much under 1 PPM. I am continuing water changes and have experimented with Amquel. How long should I expect to have to ride this out? Has anyone else had a similar experience? As my son says, the tank looks like the surfice of the moon (lots of bare rock) I am seeing some algea blooms but the replenished sanils seem to have them under control.
I have bought some live sand from Garf to try and re-activate my DSB. It looks like my pod population was decimated.
Any suggestions welcomed. I can see know how people get frustrated and pack it in and quit the hobby.