bazzinga13
Reef Addict

Having now moved the Red Sea Max is back up and cycling after shutting it down due to hair algae issues. Sometimes as painful or costly as it is you have to start over. Now looking at a few upgrades (Stevie T media rack and Tunze 9002 skimmer then possibly an LED upgrade). Have an external filter and Vecton UV unit so should have no major issues with parasites etc.

Will be documenting new tank as it grows along with photos for you all to see.

from what I've learnt this

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Well couldn't overcome the hair algae issues from a second hand tank I bought so all live stock sold and tank stripped down. When removing all items the state of them was awful and all now cleaned up and like new.

Decided while tank stripped going to buy the Tunze 9002 upgrade and Media rack as they seem to improve the water clarity and flow etc.

Taken a while to do but worth it as know when complete will have a lovely tank again.

Despite all efforts to deal with the hair algae I had in tank from previous owner i was fighting a losing battle so took the huge step of closing down the tank.

The live rock is cleaned and in a container with a powerhead and heater and so is the sand, the coral and fish went to a fellow reefer.

I have since stripped the red sea max down thoroughly cleaning the power heads and skimmer (not a nice job as was filthy and covered in scale - which meant the previous owner had

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Having been out of hobby for a couple of years i'm finally back with a Red Sea Max 130D and external Eheim filter and Vecton UV unit.

I rescued the tank from ebay and it was a mess with hair algae and very dirty conditions.

Sadly one of the clowns didn't survive the move but all else incl boxer shrimp did and all happy now just tested tank tonight and all parameters good and phophates down to from originally .64 to a better .08

Pictures below show it as bought,

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