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While I test the restored rock for phosphates, took the sand bed out of the display and sump. I used a net with a long handle and scooped the sand up. Was pretty easy. Next step is to drain the tank, then refill with RO-DI and vinegar to dissolve the caked up coroline algae and further kill any...

Thanks guys for your feedback. Looks like you can be successful with different approaches. I'll do some more sea hint and reading before I make a choice. One additional question, do most who use a shallower sand bed routinely vacuum it? I believe with the deep sand bed you would rely on snails...

Day two of Muriatic bath. One more batch after these and ready for the next step. Seems to work pretty good. The rock I took out yesterday looks good. Soaking the first batch in RO-DI water and will check for phosphates before I set them aside for use in the tank.

If you had the chance to start over what type of sand bed would you go with? I have a 175 gallon display tank and 45 gallon fuge. I used to run a deep sand bed in the fuge and about a two inch sand bed in the display. The deep sand bed in the fuge remained algae free, while the sand bed in...

Finally getting around to acid washing my first batch of rock. Just put the acid in and going to wait 3 hours.

OK, Happy New Year NJ Reefers, I wish everyone a fantastic 2016. By way of progress, all the rock has been bleached and rinsed in RODI water. Next step is to start the Muriatic acid bath. I'll get to that over the next couple weeks. I'll sort the rock in buckets by density since I understand...

Good luck with your new tank, it looks great.

Tank looks great, love the rock wall

Actually, I was going to use both. first rodi with vinegar to help dissolve the coralline algae and make it easier to clean the glass and the overflow area which are pretty ca ked up. Then I'll use rodi with bleach to make sure the tank is free of any living organisms left. I have had Dino...

The last of the rock is soaking in bleach. Will do the Muriatic bath in a couple weeks. Next step is to put the tang in the QT. Remove the sand from the display and Refugium. Then sterilize the tank and sumps with bleach. Lots of work, but it will be worth it.

Here is the sump-Refugium setup, a bit of a mess at the moment. I have some changes in mind during the down time.

started bleaching my live rock, one batch clean and ready for rinsing another batch ready to be bleached... After bleaching for two days..

got the QT tank set up so I can move the Tang in there...

Hi, I recently joined the forum and attended the last two meetings. I must say, after seeing Herb's and Mike's tanks I am getting inspired to try my hand at reefing again. I've had. 175 gallon reef tank for ten years however with minimal success at keeping corals. Ultimately Sandy wiped my tank...

Awesome tank Herb. Thank you and Ann for your hospitality. I am looking forward to future club meetings.