My Aquarium crashed

[M@v3rick]

Mga Sirs,

My aquarium crashed dahil hanggang ngayon wala pa kuryente. Nagmukhang sinigang yung tubig. Di nakayanan I sustain ng battery operated na air pump. I guess very delicate din ang balance pag walang sump tank.

I had drained all the water and washed the sand. Yung mga live rock tinanggal ko yung mga die-off and got rid of all my livestock (dead stock na eh ) Had replaced all the water with NSW and had re-arranged the aquascape.

Do I need to cycle again? Please help.

[aarongo222]

[roland_0313]

Sorry to hear that bro... that was really unfortunate...

+1 on the re-cycle of the tank.

You're practically restarting your tank. Kumbaga sa PC, nag-reformat ka ng system mo. Ubos na rin ang good bacteria sa tank mo, kung meron man, konti na lang sila.

[seth]

Sorry to hear. Kaya maganda rin talaga sa mga nagkaproblema pag nawawalan ng kuryente ng matagal mag-mini WC lagi aside from using airpumps.

Tama sila since inalis mo lahat at hinugasan mo yung sand at nagkaroon ng die off sa rocks halos bare na talaga uli iyan and nagkaroon rin ng spike sa ammonia o nitrite yan.

Another tip rin in case magkaroon uli ng matagalan na brownout, try niyo bumili sa ebay ng mga 5-12v DC pumps gaya nito:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-12V-3W-Subme ... 46108a5e46

For sure kayang i-rig yan sa mga batteries o kaya naman sa powerbank.

Isa pang example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-5-5-12V-3W-U ... =undefined

[roland_0313]

Wala bang ganyan locally brader Marty? Mahirap sa akin bumili online eh.

[seth]

Yun nga problema bro, wala ako mahanapan. Yan din balak kong bilhin para may magamit ako maliban sa battery operated pumps.

Yung mga naka-vortech, jecod or jebao walang problema kasi madali gawan ng emergency battery backup yung pumps. Medyo mahal lang talaga sa simula lalo kailangan bumili ng 24v Battery.

[moose312]

been there, 90% ubos ung remaining na hanggang ngayon buhay is my favorites! natuto na ko and bought a generator.

yung USB pump pwede bili ka nung usb fountain sa CDR-King balkasin mo nalang pero i havent tried this yet but im sure ganyan din pump kasi meron ako dc pump fountain dati

[seth]

Moose good idea, salamat sa heads-up. Mura nasa 125 petot lang.

www.cdrking.com/?mod=products&type=cate ... 60&main=30

Mukhang iba yung style ng pump since 2hrs lang daw ang maximum operation time niya sabi sa specs. But still worth a try since mura naman. May libreng decor pa hehe

[Zen Keeper]

I'm not sure but I think mahina yung pump nung fountain sa cdr king baka hindi niya kaya mag pump from sump to dt but I could be wrong and just justifying recent purchase of fountain pump haha

[moose312]

yun nga lang mahina siya for sure but it think hindi siya for sump to DT rather for more surface agitation lang

[seth]

[mindfreak]

[roland_0313]

Mukhang ok na rin, in case of emergency

[M@v3rick]

After 3 days of cycling, here are my water parameters:

PH: 8.2 (added seachem marine buffer to increase the PH to 8.4)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 80ppm

Looks like I do not have enough nitrifying bacteria yet to reduce the Nitrates. I have the following equipment:

50 gallons tank
Queen TS2000 skimmer
Sunsun wavemaker (6W)
Precision 8500 air pump

I had placed Cheato in the tank (inside microwaveable containers that I burned holes in and supported by rubber suction cups)

Should I cycle with the lights on or off? My tank is placed near 2 large windows so it gets a lot of natural sun during the day. Temperature is at 82'F.

Here is how my tank looks now:



Here is my skimmer working:

[M@v3rick]

This is how my tank looked before it crashed: