Derbird Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 After my heater disaster I need advice on how to move forward. All fish are gone as well as most inverts. SPS is also gone Some LPS and softies are still alive but angry. I have a little 5 gallon to use as a rescue tank but can I just throw the surviving corals and inverts in there with no bio filter? Also can I save my main system from whatever the heater released or do I have to start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I did a 20 long but had fish and a bunch of corals in it. I ran an aquaclear HOB with carbon and sponge for filtration. Mostly relied on 5 gal changes every 1-2 weeks. Again though, I had fish polluting the system so you likely wouldn’t need it as much. My display I did a 70-80% water change after coral removal and ran the DT with live rock with Triton detox (for the bottle specified amount of time). Waited about a month and put everything back. Don’t recall it going through any significant cycle. Been fine since. your call but if you want to borrow all of my QT stuff I used and the Detox I have left (doesn’t take a ton) you are more then welcome to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Presumably, you can get a 90% water change ready. match temperature, alkalinity, and salinity dead-on with the tank. Drain, refill, done. I'd also run a boatload of carbon in case you've got something weird going on. I'd probably do this first though: grab a powerhead and hose out the rock (in place) to loosen any detritus from the recent deaths, get it all blow around into the filtration (socks?) Dump 25% of the water to pull out the fines the filtration didn't catch and cut back on any dissolved stuff. A few days later, do that 90% water change (really...as close to 100% as you can reasonably get). Run a ton of carbon for 1/2-1 week, then replace it with more just to be sure. I'd guess you're pretty much back in business...just missing lots of your prized creatures. Sorry you're dealing with this...really horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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