restarting my tanks

[Dude23455]

Hey all

Im finally getting around to getting my tanks going again.

Both have been sitting with water and rock in them with no pumps running for around 4 months.

Algea growth is present in growth tanks, both nuisance and coraline. And i did find two hermits still alive in the 45 gallon, Im convinced they are the cockroaches of the marine world.

Anyway, i was just going to see if i needed to drain and completely clean both tanks, or If i could just drain them and start over with fresh saltwater and let them cycle again.

thanks
Cullen

 

[adnup]

Re: restarting my tanks

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13757769#post13757769 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dude23455
sitting with water and rock in them with no pumps running for around 4 months.

I would think you'll be fighting with that hair algae for sometime if you don't do a ton of water changes to really clean out that rock..

 

[Dude23455]

I forgot to mention that I am baking all the rock in the in the front yard except for 3 pieces that had no bad algae growth and alot of coraline growth.

Im thinking that i wont need to completely clean the tanks out, just rinse with some fresh water.

Im trying to avoid breaking down my setups, the 90gal is a real pain to replumb and move without any help.

 

[alfa1023]

I would imagine you would be fine cleaning them in place. The key thing would be to rinse and then rinse again with ro/di water before actually refilling with fresh saltwater.