I wanted a blue background for my 72g, so I went to the lfs and got a double side background with dark blue on one side and a mirror like coating on the other side. Here is the blunder that I made: I put the background in the inside wall of the tank. This worked fine before when I had a freshwater. In about two days I noticed that when moving the live rocks in the tank it made scratch marks on background thats when I realized my mistake. I decided to remove. I spent sometime on the forums and books and determined that the background should be placed outside the tank. Not inside.
So yesterday I removed and committed another blunder. The mirror coating from the background came off and dirtied my water. There were tons of sparkling stuff floating in the water. Today morning the water kind of settled. All the dirty stuff went to the sump or settle down. Now, how do I salvage the situation?
a) I am getting my RO/DI unit tomorrow. Anyway, I was planning to replace the water once I get it. I am going to empty the tank completely and put fresh ro/di water. Is it ok to do this while live rock and sand in place?
b) what other precautions should I take to make sure that all the dirty suff is removed from the tank?
So yesterday I removed and committed another blunder. The mirror coating from the background came off and dirtied my water. There were tons of sparkling stuff floating in the water. Today morning the water kind of settled. All the dirty stuff went to the sump or settle down. Now, how do I salvage the situation?
a) I am getting my RO/DI unit tomorrow. Anyway, I was planning to replace the water once I get it. I am going to empty the tank completely and put fresh ro/di water. Is it ok to do this while live rock and sand in place?
b) what other precautions should I take to make sure that all the dirty suff is removed from the tank?