Nano cooked - lost all corals, clam etc
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sonict72
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I don't understand why you would do this. Rock will absorb chlorine and you will never be able to rinse it off. If you are starting over, dead things will turn into ammonia and start the cycle. By the way sorry about your loss. I got my rbta from you and my clowns enjoy it very much.
Kevin
ostrow
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+ about 45 billion!
Anyway, a few days at 94-deg would NOT have killed all life inside the rock, if the rock is even marginally porous. I imagine it is dead by now, but it was not.
Indeed, in my son's nano, because the heater did not follow the "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey" rule, I accidentally had that tank over 90 for at least several weeks before I noticed. Most worms and pods did fine (though fish and corals not so much).
Shame if you lost the life in your rock. Too many in our hobby are too quick to remove -- corals showing signs of STN or RTN, or rock and sand in your case. You would be surprised how resilient most of the animals we keep are.
Tuscaquatics
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The only reason to bleach the rock would be to kill off what is on/in there. Like others said, I would simply place it in SW and let it resolve itself.
As far as buying a controller for a nano, I think it's a waste of money. I use a Tetra heater that isn't even adjustable on my nano and it keeps the temp. right where it should be. In fact it almost never comes on.
As far as buying a controller for a nano, I think it's a waste of money. I use a Tetra heater that isn't even adjustable on my nano and it keeps the temp. right where it should be. In fact it almost never comes on.
Thx Ostrow....I am sure everything died though. I did put the rock with clam in the holding tank downstairs on a prayer but no luck. All the bristleworms were dead let alone anything I wanted to stay alive. My guess is that it was the high temp plus parameters. Sux tho.
The rest of the rock has been in water (mostly fresh, slightly salt). Will restart with is and let it cycle. But need to get some equipment first (rkl seems like a good idea, plus a new skimmer since I broke the cheapy old one - but not sure which one yet - thoughts?)
The rest of the rock has been in water (mostly fresh, slightly salt). Will restart with is and let it cycle. But need to get some equipment first (rkl seems like a good idea, plus a new skimmer since I broke the cheapy old one - but not sure which one yet - thoughts?)
poidog81
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This sounds like what happened to me last summer. Came home to a cooked nano. All I did was pull out the coral and fish that died... Left everything else alone and my tank was back and ready in 3/4 weeks. Now it's back as if it never crashed. Leave your rock and sand alone. Do a huge water change and wait.
You could use bleach........ Just a suggestion
ChicagoReefOne
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Reminded me of those pics as well--now his tank is awesome again!
+1 on the advice here.
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