My 60 Gallon ReBoot

So the backstory here folks is that I have been battling aptasia for YEARS, and I tried every possible solution to no avail. Literally every rock in my tank was covered to the point where I didn't even know what coralline looked like anymore
So I started at 12 Noon yesterday:
Drained my tank



I placed all of my rock in brute trash can that was filled with ice cold freshwater. I did this to shock the bad nems and kill off any other suspected troublemakers, mostly worms. After hours of scrubbing with a very firm dish brush and re-dipping in the FW I came out with rocks almost completely void of aptasia.

;D
At this point I aquascaped with the rocks I deemed awesome and ditched about 20 lbs. I did this mostly to give my juvenile gold rimmed tang more space to swim (only fish I have, love that guy)! So, after more hours of mixing SW I had this baby filled and running in a little less than seven hours start to finish. Yes it could of gone faster, but the Wifey ditched out on this project because something came up, how convenient.
Here is a murky full tanks shot with most everything back in the tank, hope you all enjoyed, my back and legs are killing me!


PS: This guy tried to hide, but NO ROCKS meant NO ESCAPE ;D

 

congrats on getting all of that work done! Is that a pistol shrimp? Very cool looking! Please keep us updated on your progression with your "fresh start"!

 

Yes, it's a tiger pistol, he is so cool and noisy.
I will be posting more pics as the week progresses, can't wait till this baby is totally clear again.