great thread. there's lots of work that can be done in tank rehab work
I know of collections fifty pages long of tanks being fixed left and right, by rip cleans, running as recently as yesterday with new jobs. there's demand for live time tank fixes
= w be fun to do some work live time for ReefCentral
add that mode to the mix. if you have a nano reef, there's a way to fix your invasion by cleaning it in a way you never thought of, solely because the tank is a nano. large tanks have to follow other rules, they're inaccessible compared to the size tank you chose
you can leverage that easy access into never being invaded, gallonage matters tremendously when accepting remediation choices
cleaning your tank is part of the rehab, it removes the irritants harming/irritating corals and fish (re: allelopathy from invaders, search it out)
full cleaning, not hesitant partial cleaning, allows surface area restoration=
better surface area=better nitrification, waste turnover rates. better ORP balances in the system (loose analogy to waste acids/reduction vs boosted oxygenation benefits)
there's more benefit, but that's the majors. knowing that nano reef owners have a secret access to being uninvaded that large tankers don't have is handy
just because you havent found how to prevent a tank invasion does not mean you have to entertain one. you get to quit cleaning when you're better at prevention, and the whole time your tank looks great.
a direct work example of a rip clean/before and after time one day.
that's Shadow_K's rip clean.
as we take partial guesstimate measures to fix our tanks, our animals bathe in irritants compared to totally clean water systems. the secret to being invasion free in a nano reef is clean it, until you don't have to. corals deserve your best effort, simply allow no invasion. that's not done above by siphon hose on the gravel heh
scrub in, we're putting your reef through skip cycle surgery for all to see, and we already know the outcome.
