Help! Went on business trip for 6 months and come back to this. - Page 2

Shia · 09/25/2017, 12:57 PM

If you decide not to restart, then I would recommend doing some lanthanum chloride dosing. What you most likely will notice that phosphate has saturated your rock and substrate, so it will take a few months to get it under control, but absolutely possible.

mattgumaer · 09/25/2017, 01:19 PM

As others have suggested, I'd start over. It doesn't look like they're are a ton of things to save and the tank is pretty small.

I wouldn't put too much blame on the house sitter necessarily. 6 months is a long time to put a tank in someone else's hands, particularly in they're not into the hobby. Even if they are, from my limited experience, different tanks may behave very differently and smaller tanks are tougher than bigger tanks. Now, why he didn't alert you things were going south, that's another question.

Good luck. Use it as an excuse to try something new/different. Then, you might actually enjoy the process.

Matt

karimwassef · 09/25/2017, 01:41 PM

Don't use chemicals. Get a scrubber. Get UV. Turn light off and let the scrubber clean things up.

UTCReefer · 09/25/2017, 09:19 PM

+1 on the reboot.

ktownhero · 09/26/2017, 08:45 AM

Yikes, you paid him $1200 for that? Rough. I would get the money back and start over!

jd371 · 09/26/2017, 11:39 AM

I agree, with such a small tank I would just start over.

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09/25/2017, 12:57 PM	#26
Shia Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 981 Blog Entries: 1	If you decide not to restart, then I would recommend doing some lanthanum chloride dosing. What you most likely will notice that phosphate has saturated your rock and substrate, so it will take a few months to get it under control, but absolutely possible.

09/25/2017, 01:19 PM	#27
mattgumaer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 561	As others have suggested, I'd start over. It doesn't look like they're are a ton of things to save and the tank is pretty small. I wouldn't put too much blame on the house sitter necessarily. 6 months is a long time to put a tank in someone else's hands, particularly in they're not into the hobby. Even if they are, from my limited experience, different tanks may behave very differently and smaller tanks are tougher than bigger tanks. Now, why he didn't alert you things were going south, that's another question. Good luck. Use it as an excuse to try something new/different. Then, you might actually enjoy the process. Matt

09/25/2017, 09:19 PM	#29
UTCReefer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 652	+1 on the reboot.

09/26/2017, 08:45 AM	#30
ktownhero Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,426	Yikes, you paid him $1200 for that? Rough. I would get the money back and start over!

09/26/2017, 11:39 AM	#31
jd371 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Long Island Posts: 615	I agree, with such a small tank I would just start over.