Hi everyone,
I just want to firstly say thanks for even taking the time to read this -hugs-. I have a 75 gallon aquarium in my parents home that I started years ago. I moved for 2 years, and they havent done anything with it.
The skimmer has never been dumped, and the water topped off with tap water. My mother was using a solution called "Chlorasorb", which claims that it gets everything bad out of the water - which Im guessing isnt true. The only thing in the tank currently (besides the live rock of course), is snails, crabs, and quite a few green polyps, that have gotten quite large. There is no fish whatsoever.
Sooo needless to say I have moved back, and am ready to get it how it used to be. Currently, I am using a Euro-reef CS6-2 skimmer, and its been running, and they never empty the cup. I pulled it out from under the cabinet and have been pressure washing it...inside the sump and all over the skimmer are these little white - worms they look like. They are hard like shells...what could they be?
They are even inside the skimmer itself...are these really bad? they are so hard to clean off and they really gross me out (I hate worms). What do I do? Do I need to replace that pump? It was still working just fine as far as I know.
Also, here is a picture of the sump. (its dirty i know) You can see the white things on the base of it. Its a My Reef Creations sump, with a built in refugium. I never started the refugium...and wanted to know what type of pump to use for it, what type of substrate, and what type of lighting?
Also, the aquarium is overun with algea...as you can see....
The tank is basically 100% tap water. Above the tank there is 2x 250w metal halide (i think 10k), and I have hookups for 4x 96w PC but there is no bulbs in them at the moment. Since nothing in the tank needs the halides im thinking of just putting in some PC's to help with the algea...what do you all think?
I purchased the nicest RO/DI unit from purelyh2o.com - 7 stage I believe. It comes in tomorrow. My other question was, should I just do a 90% water change? Or just half? Or better yet...how would you all go about this overwhelming project? lol Thankyou all so much for taking the time to help. -hugs-
I just want to firstly say thanks for even taking the time to read this -hugs-. I have a 75 gallon aquarium in my parents home that I started years ago. I moved for 2 years, and they havent done anything with it.
The skimmer has never been dumped, and the water topped off with tap water. My mother was using a solution called "Chlorasorb", which claims that it gets everything bad out of the water - which Im guessing isnt true. The only thing in the tank currently (besides the live rock of course), is snails, crabs, and quite a few green polyps, that have gotten quite large. There is no fish whatsoever.
Sooo needless to say I have moved back, and am ready to get it how it used to be. Currently, I am using a Euro-reef CS6-2 skimmer, and its been running, and they never empty the cup. I pulled it out from under the cabinet and have been pressure washing it...inside the sump and all over the skimmer are these little white - worms they look like. They are hard like shells...what could they be?
They are even inside the skimmer itself...are these really bad? they are so hard to clean off and they really gross me out (I hate worms). What do I do? Do I need to replace that pump? It was still working just fine as far as I know.
Also, here is a picture of the sump. (its dirty i know) You can see the white things on the base of it. Its a My Reef Creations sump, with a built in refugium. I never started the refugium...and wanted to know what type of pump to use for it, what type of substrate, and what type of lighting?
Also, the aquarium is overun with algea...as you can see....
The tank is basically 100% tap water. Above the tank there is 2x 250w metal halide (i think 10k), and I have hookups for 4x 96w PC but there is no bulbs in them at the moment. Since nothing in the tank needs the halides im thinking of just putting in some PC's to help with the algea...what do you all think?
I purchased the nicest RO/DI unit from purelyh2o.com - 7 stage I believe. It comes in tomorrow. My other question was, should I just do a 90% water change? Or just half? Or better yet...how would you all go about this overwhelming project? lol Thankyou all so much for taking the time to help. -hugs-