Is this tank salvageable or tear it down?

[Rob_Reef_Keeper]

I am still getting around to reviving my reef tank if it can be done. If it's salvageable I will do it. If it's too far gone I may dump it. Here are some pics. The LR has a clearing slimy algae all over it. Tank is a 60g cube. Octopus skimmer, mp10's and Aqua Illuminaions Sol Blue

 

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[Cu455]

Can you get a picture up with white lights? What live stock is in there? You can try moving your corals for a few weeks. Give the tank a blackout period and dose H2O2.

 

[ivandrago]

i would take the Rock out as well as the sand and cook the rock so everything dies then let it dry out in the air. Remove the sand and toss it. The tank should be cleaned with Vinegar fill it full with water and add like 3 gallons of vinegar. after you have completed everything get like 4 chromes and start from the beginning. If you don't want to do all of this the best thing you could try is get a sea hare

 

[empire]

i had that same issue. used ultra algae x and it went away.

 

[CleanYourTank11]

If it's the type of algae it looks like in your pictures then it normally shoots(not floats like sky rockets) right to the surface of the water when disturbed. Everything else is work but can definitely be salvaged. Only thing that is garbage is the sand.

 

[Rob_Reef_Keeper]

I have scrubbed the LR is the tank and it's a mess. Clogs the overflow.

 

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[Rob_Reef_Keeper]

There are a few frogspawns, some sps, some orange yumas and a psiedochromis I have had for 4 years. I don't have a holding area or anothrer tank so if it's a complete rebuild with cooking/cycling then I probably would not do it.

 

[5thChorseman]

Build or get and algae scrubber to help you get rid of the algae in the tank. Here is a video document how a guy got his algae under control in a few months:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD6kA3xDPaM

 

[Dk638]

Question, what are your no3 and po4 at? I had the same stuff and no3 and po4 was zero, lowering the nutrients seemed to make it worse.

Does it look like this?

 

[Rob_Reef_Keeper]

I rarely feed the tank. I don't know what those numbers are as the kist are dried out. If there is algae then there is PO4. I don't know the source of it as I feed once a week a 1/2 cube of mysis.

 

[Dk638]

Not necessarily true, some algae can thrive in very low nutrient environment. I believe I beat this stuff by raising the nutrients. But I can't actually prove it but I tried everything. I dosed nitrate and kept it up between 2.5 and 5. Also upped my feeding and shut off gfo.
Here's my tank now

I would certainly test before I trashed the tank

 

[Mattl22]

I don't believe any algae is a reason for tear down

 

[Tonyscoots84]

i think it is able to be done and fixed. A few things need to be done initially.

1. RODI water
2. Plenty of siphoning and water changes
3. clean up crew
4. test levels with good test kits
- Hanna Phosphate (real hanna meter)
- Red sea pro (cal, alk and mag)
- Salifert Nitrate test kit
- Refractometer
- Skimmer

What lighting are you using and whats the schedule?

Give it a shot and do it right. See if you can make this disaster a beauty again. Its possible and i believe you can do it ...

 

[Mattl22]

I'd remove all the existing algae ie scraper or siphon it out over next few wc run some carbon Gfo keep siphoning it out u will beat it

 

[stazitto25]

I had the same issue. Eventually I ended up scrubbing my rocks and doing a 3 day blackout that got rid of the problem for good. Make sure if you decide to do this that you run some airline tubing from your skimmer to the outside of your home so that you keep your ph high. I also covered my tank with a tarp as I was informed just turning out the lights was not enough. After the blackout I kept my lights on for four hours a day for a few weeks and fed my fish just enough so that there was not excess in the tank. I fed pellets instead of mysis so that I had better control of how much food went in the tank. Hope this helps!

 

[REEFSTA]

scrub as much algae as you can off do a 50% water change black the tank out for a few days and add beneficial bacteria following week syphon out the sand bed do a water change(must add nitrifying bacteria at this point because you disturbed the sand bed) followed by a black out again you should be back to the normal happy reefing

 

[Loose tenticle]

Try chemi clean