visuvius
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi guys. Two years ago I set up a 12 gallon cube on my desk. 3 months into it I found myself swamped with work and it's basically been that way for the last 18 months. I never even got a chance to put fish in it. I had some hermit crabs and thats it.
The tank has been off, with the same 10 or so pounds of live rock, sand and water in it for the last 2 years. Someone told me to just fire it back up and do a huge water change then try to get the levels back to normal over several weeks. Is this the way to do it?
Should I drain all the water instead and put in new water? Do I need to scrub the rock or anything? How should I go about this? I'm using a bunch of live rock rubble as filtration I believe.
Thanks for any tips.
The tank has been off, with the same 10 or so pounds of live rock, sand and water in it for the last 2 years. Someone told me to just fire it back up and do a huge water change then try to get the levels back to normal over several weeks. Is this the way to do it?
Should I drain all the water instead and put in new water? Do I need to scrub the rock or anything? How should I go about this? I'm using a bunch of live rock rubble as filtration I believe.
Thanks for any tips.