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My Aquarium crashed
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:41 pm
by 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.
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:14 pm
by aarongo222
Re: My Aquarium crashed
Posted:
Mon Jul 21, 2014 1:23 pm
by 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.
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:08 pm
by 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 ... 46108a5e46For 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
Re: My Aquarium crashed
Posted:
Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:16 pm
by roland_0313
Wala bang ganyan locally brader Marty? Mahirap sa akin bumili online eh.
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:26 pm
by 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.
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:25 am
by 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
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:36 am
by seth
Moose good idea, salamat sa heads-up. Mura nasa 125 petot lang.
www.cdrking.com/?mod=products&type=cate ... 60&main=30Mukhang 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
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:09 am
by 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
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:01 pm
by moose312
yun nga lang mahina siya for sure but it think hindi siya for sump to DT rather for more surface agitation lang
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:19 pm
by seth
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:34 pm
by mindfreak
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:30 pm
by roland_0313
Mukhang ok na rin, in case of emergency
Re: My Aquarium crashed
Posted:
Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:32 pm
by 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:
Re: My Aquarium crashed
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:48 pm
by M@v3rick
This is how my tank looked before it crashed: