Mhay
Crazy Cat Lady
Thanks! Tonight I'll be draining everything tearing down the sump and overflow and start again. We have a whole bunch of RO/DI water made this time ready to go. Needless to say I learned a very valuable and expensive lesson.
Die After After Tank Transfer
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Thanks! Tonight I'll be draining everything tearing down the sump and overflow and start again. We have a whole bunch of RO/DI water made this time ready to go. Needless to say I learned a very valuable and expensive lesson.
Someone else just posted today about killing their whole tank using this same silicone...
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2371181
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2371181
Mhay
Crazy Cat Lady
Just an update...
After painstakingly remove the baffles from the sump and dismantling the overflow we finally got 98% of the silicone off. Vinegar help drastically except I reeked of it after and the smell of it was burned into my nostrils. I ended up just tossing the sand and soaking all the rock in a diluted vinegar bath overnight. We got the baffels back in the sump and the overflow reassembled using aquarium safe silicone and the process of making nearly 100 gallons of RO/DI water has begun. I am hoping that by this weekend I will have enough water to fill up everything, get the new sand in place, and I have decided to pick up some nice live rock from my LFS to help reseed my old rock.
From what I can tell all my hermits are still alive, currently living in a bucket with a heater and small powerhead. And I confirmed the death of my favorite nassarius snail. I have never smelled anything so foul in my life, almost instantly I about vomited. Luckily I kept everything down, but I will never forget that smell. And I will never make the mistake again to take a huge sniff to see if a snail is dead or alive again.
After painstakingly remove the baffles from the sump and dismantling the overflow we finally got 98% of the silicone off. Vinegar help drastically except I reeked of it after and the smell of it was burned into my nostrils. I ended up just tossing the sand and soaking all the rock in a diluted vinegar bath overnight. We got the baffels back in the sump and the overflow reassembled using aquarium safe silicone and the process of making nearly 100 gallons of RO/DI water has begun. I am hoping that by this weekend I will have enough water to fill up everything, get the new sand in place, and I have decided to pick up some nice live rock from my LFS to help reseed my old rock.
From what I can tell all my hermits are still alive, currently living in a bucket with a heater and small powerhead. And I confirmed the death of my favorite nassarius snail. I have never smelled anything so foul in my life, almost instantly I about vomited. Luckily I kept everything down, but I will never forget that smell. And I will never make the mistake again to take a huge sniff to see if a snail is dead or alive again.
Maggie,
Sorry again for your loss. Take it slowly this time and be sure the tank has cycled before adding livestock. I have to admire your determination; there are a lot of hobbyists who would have quit after your ordeal. Thanks for the update and continue to keep us posted.
-Mike
Sorry again for your loss. Take it slowly this time and be sure the tank has cycled before adding livestock. I have to admire your determination; there are a lot of hobbyists who would have quit after your ordeal. Thanks for the update and continue to keep us posted.
-Mike
Mhay
Crazy Cat Lady
Slow and steady wins the race after all! I've got my testing kits at the ready! Would you suggest/recommend any type of additive to help along the process? I have used Biospira in the past and it seemed to help a little bit. Or would it just be best to keep the patience going and let it do its thing on its own time?
Thanks!
I'm not a big fan of the additives, I feel like letting nature take it's course is best. The one exception I've made on the last couple of tanks I cycled is that I have started to dose with pure ammonia to jump start the cycle rather than add a dead raw shrimp. If you plan on using ammonia, be sure it is pure ammonia without surfactants. To be sure the ammonia does not contain surfactants shake the bottle and if it bubbles up like dish soap it has surfactants in it, pure ammonia will not have bubbles. To raise 100 gallons of water from 0 to 3 ppm ammonia you would need to add 1.2grams (12 ml) of standard 10% pure ammonia.
living_waters
In Memoriam
^ plus one I'm the same way gota get things done!
Sense of nature
New member
Oh no, u went w the devil fish!!
Lol
Lol
Mhay
Crazy Cat Lady
Yes...yes I did. I told myself I would never get a damsel too. I hoping since my tank is a good size I won't have any problems. But if there are he's outta there! Lol
