Starting Over!!! COMPL...*FINISHED W/PICS*

I wish I was....

 

Alright after that crazy day and last night! I did the full water change and put in all 40lbs of sand! (BAD HORRIBLE AWFUL STUPID IDEA!) The sand pretty much polluted the water totally where u couldn't see an inch though the glass of the tank! I thought for sure my fish were LONG GONERS! But thankfully my little fishes pulled through and actually SURVIVED the horrific sand storm! I swear, that fish is like a mini mike tyson, he can pretty much go through anything! Pics comin' here in a sec!

 

yikes sorry to hear about your aiptasia problems, Im having a small one right now so I feel your pain, lookin forward to sum pics

 

Yea, as i was pulling out all that crap (kenya coral) i found this little bugger! That kenya is a MURDERER! Watch out everyone!




Got my 40lbs of sand! U should of seen the Fedex dude try to carry this sucker!






After putting in all that sand this is what the tank looked like! And yes, u think that "Oh well the picture might of been a bit blurry" but oh no! It was exactly what ur seein'. hahaha Got milk??? The hell i do and its all in my tank!



This is what it looked like this morning! It cleared up a tiny bit but not fully at all! It will be a day or two maybe!






I also just ordered a ton of things from reef cleaners and another couple things from foster&smith. Should get it tuesday! haha Just in time! If anyone of u guys dont know im going on a world tour (haha i like to call it that because thats what its gonna feel) to Destin, Tampa, Raleigh, Napa all in 4 straight weeks..... thats a long time to be away from my little babys! I will continue to post pics for tomorrow too!

 

Congrats on completing the redo. One thing to do with the sand is put it place first. The cover it well with plastic wrap, towels or something similar, then slowly add most of the water in. Add your rocks and then top off the tank.

The fish can handle the murky water from sand well just think of what happens when there is a major storm that plows through a reef area and the stirring of sand it causes.

Keep your flow at your intended amount and the sand will settle out the quickest. Using a canister filter with filter floss in it only will help also.

 

Thanks! Tank looks a lot better today as i will finish my aqua scape and pretty much put everything into place!

 

Just finished aqua scape! Looks really cool! I tried to do the whole "2 island" kind of think like a real reef! Should turn out pretty cool since i cant see it right now. Post pics in a couple of hours!

 

About to go flick on the lights for a couple minutes so i can take a pic of the new scape! Looks pretty cool! Time to go install the ato!

 

Good luck with the redo... Going through the same aip problem right now but only drying out about 10-20Lbs at rock at a time. and replacing and so on...

I did purchase a majano/aip wand from MD. It works great, However not on the ones I cant reach in the back of the tank which is the largest issue. It keeps my front nice and tidy though.

 

Oh on a side note, you should have gotten the sand I did! for our new tank....

Its easily rinsed and I have had it before in my 90g with sand sleeping wrasses and they did well with it and its slightly larger size. Its Carribsea and does well for less then 1$ a pound.