Keegster803's 6 gal nano reef build

[keegster803]

Update: well the tank lasted a couple months but then suddenly crashed. I had stirred up the sand bed and it ended up killing everything. I am currently taking all of the water out of the tank.. Time to restart the tank


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[ImACoolguy]

That sucks!

Glad your willing to try again


Caleb

 

[keegster803]

That sucks!

Glad your willing to try again


Caleb

I am doing it out of spite, and to prove to my dad that It can be done, lol. Is the live rock still salvageable? I'll post pics in a min


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[ImACoolguy]

I am doing it out of spite, and to prove to my dad that It can be done, lol. Is the live rock still salvageable? I'll post pics in a min


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If it was kept wet I'm sure it would still be live.

Though I'm just as much of a salty newbie as you lol if not more


Caleb

 

[keegster803]

Warning Graphic Images:
Ok Guys, after everything died, I let the tank filter and all run, and it turned into this muck, is it still salvageable??



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[RedDevil83]

Wow!

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[keegster803]

Wow!

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And that's why we don't play with saltwater sandbeds kids!


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[ImACoolguy]

And that's why we don't play with saltwater sandbeds kids!


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I've heard you are not supposed to but I see my LFS vacuum their saltwater beds all the time...

What's the reasoning why not to do it? Like is toxic gasses released?


Caleb

 

[keegster803]

I've heard you are not supposed to but I see my LFS vacuum their saltwater beds all the time...

What's the reasoning why not to do it? Like is toxic gasses released?


Caleb

What happens is, every inch of so down you get in the sand bed has different bacteria, some are anaerobic and some produce stuff like chlorine and some are fermenting bacteria and there is some really nasty stuff in there. My lfs told me that's probably why my tank crashed, the guy I talked to is going down to take over a fishery in the carribean. But there is a lot of nasty stuff in those sand beds


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[keegster803]

Update:
Well, apparently, I had 1 hermit crab that somehow survived this horrible rookie mistake, I will be posting pics when I get home and I will be posting the water parameters as well


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[Sidman74]

Poop


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