Sonic's Adventures
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sonicfish
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sorry havent been on latly got grounded for getting a detion which i went to and the teacher said i didnt get one so im a little mad and tank not so good every thing that could go bad is one my ro di machine broke no pet store sells it so im still waiting for it to get repared should be gettting it back late tommorow
I am going to be straight up here buddy, I went back to page one and looked at that rock again. Your not going to see any improvements as long as you have that rock. It is just dead. That is my take on this system. If it was me I would pull all that rock out, put it in a clean garbage pail with a heater and cover it up for a few months to cook it. In the mean time I would have some fun and go fish only with a few predators. I hate to tell you this but from your posts about this system your going to end up depressed over it and get out of the hobby. I have seen it time and again. What do you think of this idea?
sonicfish
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Okay i understand what you are telling and i repect but the main thing is what do i do with the corals i have right now and what about my filtration the bio wheel has been sold so that takes that out im just dont know what to do im going to try to do a water change and fix it but to be honest before ro di unit broke i was differently seeing improvements in the rock and corals and well everything exept the fact of nitrates and another thing my whole fishy career i have been battling nitrates if any thing gets me out of this hobby it would be them but hopefully i will not get out but the dark green algae is starting to take a little more controll but i can handle that its lost more property than it can gain,oh and sorry about all the typing 
You don't need to change your current filtration for a FO system. I am only recommending removing the rock and cooking it for few months. How much coral do you have now? It's not a full blown reef the last I remember. Just trade them in for some store credit for a while until you get things under control. It's not the end of the world and I am not saying it isn't possible to keep going the way you have been. It is just going to take a lot longer then I think your willing to suffer the way you are now. Cooking the rock will cut your time in half. You will be able to lower the salinity, dim the lights and get your water parameters under control. It's a win win imo.
sonicfish
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alrigt i am tired of looking at the algae i am goin to do a 10 % water change and scrub the rocks free of all that algae and siphon it tell me if this is a good idea so far i have only done it to one rock and im going to reorganize all the rocks the one i did it to it is covor 60% in corraline after i cleaned it am i doing the right thing.
Looking forward to it! I am glad we had that talk in PM. Now that I know a few more things we should be able to move forward hopefully. I am still questioning the rock but lets see what happens now that the ditirus is cleaned up. Try and run carbon strong while it is clearing up to prevent any discoloration of the water.
sonicfish
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alright oh i forgot to mention i had the lights off so i didnt know where the good algae was and the bad was so i kinda of did everything backwards so everything that was covered up is showing is that a bad thing and the star polyps in there location they are saying thank you kyle
One thing I think you need to work on heavier water changes. I see where you were told
Ok you have a large tank so large water changes are going to be a challenge but that's the ONLY way to remove the nitrates that are currently IN your system. Your nitrate reduction rate is directly proportional to percentage of water change. 10% water change will give you 10% nitrate reduction. That's not NEAR enough. You need to get aggressive with water changes in addition to your cleaning routine.
Also I like this suggestion here
I'd get the results verified but another source just to make sure.
Ok you have a large tank so large water changes are going to be a challenge but that's the ONLY way to remove the nitrates that are currently IN your system. Your nitrate reduction rate is directly proportional to percentage of water change. 10% water change will give you 10% nitrate reduction. That's not NEAR enough. You need to get aggressive with water changes in addition to your cleaning routine.
Also I like this suggestion here
I'd get the results verified but another source just to make sure.