I was out of the country for almost 2 weeks and had a non-fish friend watching my tank. Instructions - replace ATO and feed. He ended up doing a little more than replacing ATO. Caused some alk and ca precipitate, spiked ph and dropped salinity... I'm recovering from those things. I think the xenia and birds nest may be the only things that felt it too bad.
In doing that the optical sensor on my ATO got gummed up and I've got a mess. I'm going to pull the sump tonight and see how much water is under, but I'm fearing I'm going to have to completely drain the tank to move it and steam clean the whole area. The base of the stand might be toast too - that's my biggest concern.
I've got a 140g I can re-seal in the next 2 weeks or so and have up and ready to transfer over. With all of the LR and sump media I think a hot swap would be pretty easy. I'm just going to have to get on this re-seal and get it right this time.
My other thought is to ask you guys to borrow a 40 breeder or something to use temporarily so I can get the 90g drained and moved this weekend. I've got a 20 long and two 10gs but I feel like moving everything to a 40 would be a better idea.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions, offers?
In doing that the optical sensor on my ATO got gummed up and I've got a mess. I'm going to pull the sump tonight and see how much water is under, but I'm fearing I'm going to have to completely drain the tank to move it and steam clean the whole area. The base of the stand might be toast too - that's my biggest concern.
I've got a 140g I can re-seal in the next 2 weeks or so and have up and ready to transfer over. With all of the LR and sump media I think a hot swap would be pretty easy. I'm just going to have to get on this re-seal and get it right this time.
My other thought is to ask you guys to borrow a 40 breeder or something to use temporarily so I can get the 90g drained and moved this weekend. I've got a 20 long and two 10gs but I feel like moving everything to a 40 would be a better idea.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions, offers?