Holidays Return
I have just returned from a couple of weeks holidays, sorry work trip, travelling up the WA coast into the Kimberleys. I managed to stop everywhere from Kalbarri, Exmouth, Port Headland and finishing in Kununara. "Luckily" my sister was able to look after my tank. My sisters guppy tank has had more than a dozen tries last year. After leaving instructions and phoning thru the same instructions I didn't hear a single thing for the hole trip. On my return home the phos reactor and skimmer were turned off!
I stayed up and did my normal tests, which were all bad, high phos and signs of nitrates for the first time ever. Low cal, mag aswell. I managed to get the skimmer and new media in the phos reactor and get them both running. I also managed a trip to the beach to collect 100l of water.
I water changed, adding a kettle of water to raise the temp, and went to bed... 4.20 in the morning!
In the morning all that was dead was three small acro frags! Even they arent totally dead. Just brown and half bleached so I will live in hope that they will pull through.
All good considering the pumps were off for a week!!
I stayed up and did my normal tests, which were all bad, high phos and signs of nitrates for the first time ever. Low cal, mag aswell. I managed to get the skimmer and new media in the phos reactor and get them both running. I also managed a trip to the beach to collect 100l of water.
I water changed, adding a kettle of water to raise the temp, and went to bed... 4.20 in the morning!
In the morning all that was dead was three small acro frags! Even they arent totally dead. Just brown and half bleached so I will live in hope that they will pull through.
All good considering the pumps were off for a week!!