J & Jr Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 :eek: I checked my tank this morning to say hi and stare while drinking my morning coffee and the tank was a mess. All the filter socks were overflowing the skimmer was going nuts the fuge/sump had great globs of clearish scum and the display had streamers of the same every ware. I have no idea where all this came from none of my corals seem large enough to produce the quantities that are in the tank and sump. Other than a small BTA and large xenia all I have are small frags and only 7 or 8 of them. Any way how do you deal with this? I am in the process of draining the sump fuge and skimmer and replacing with new water and am trying to skim some out of the display tank with a net, But what do you do with all that is in the live rock and hung up in all the frags? Will it dissolve or go away or do I have to take everything out and rinse with salt water? Please tell me this wont cause my tank to crash and that it is just a nuisance. (scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 To get it off the corals and rocks use a turkey baster and blow it off. WC are in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DChemist Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 The solution to pollution is dilution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mbeef61 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 run fresh carbon....lots of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Don't blow your nose in the tank! (laugh) How do the corals look? Did you change anything recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illcssd Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 or add anything lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 GET ON THE CARBON, and keep those filters clean, keep on your testing and as a safety measure I would get some water ready (50% at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitterbait Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 keep the skimmer running heavy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J & Jr Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 No I haven't added anything new other than a goby about 2weeks ago. so far all the corals look fine other than having streamers of snot Hanging off of them. My poor urchin looks like a gooey ball with streamers. a turkey baster doesn’t really clean things off it just knocks loose the streamers which then hang up somewhere else. Trying to gather the loose stuff with a fish net is only partially successful. I shut down the sump and cleaned everything last night which meant a 20 gal water change when I checked this morning it was a mess again but the main tank only has half what it had last night. Thanks for the thoughts and I will run charcoal as soon as I can put a filter sock back on the overflow down tube with out it clogging in half an hour. I’ve been so happy with how clean my tank has been so far that this is frustrating. Will any of this dissolve, will hermits clean it up? Or do you have to clean everything in the tank one piece at a time? What fun that would be. thanks for the advise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Sounds like dinoflagellates. There is a thread on RC about keeping lights off for 3 days doing wonders for a tank. One way to rid dinos is no light. Might benefit you! Here is the link. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1078532 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J & Jr Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 after cleaning the filters all afternoon and noticeing a smell that seemed off in the sump I turned off all the pumps, skimmer and CL and completely empted the sump. Stripped it down washed it out rinsed off all the live rock and cheto striped and cleaned the skimmer and then filled it with fresh salt water basically a 35gal waterchange. We will see what its like in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 can you get a picture of your issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J & Jr Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 I wish I could have but the camera was at home and I didn't feel like I could wait I was afraid things were starting to go down hill fast.will have the camera tomorrow and will take pic's if things have not improved by then. keeping my fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Good luck to you. I hope you can still get work done while you are at work. I wish I could give some advice, or come over and help. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Sounds like dinoflagellates. When I read just this line. I totally busted up laughing with hamburger flying out.(nutty) Immediately envisioning Dinosaurs doing naughty thing in the tank. (naughty) I needed a good hood for the day(laugh) (laugh) (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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