HELP!! BROKEN AQUARIUM (glass)

Joshua Jordan · Jun 11, 2020

OK, so I was at home tonight when all of a sudden I heard a POP! and then the sound of water falling on my floor! Luckily, this is a small AIO tank. (32g Coralife Biocube)

Luckily, I just bought a brand new (well,...it was an empty display tank from my LFS....it's a 25 g AI Abyss Step Down NANO tank) So, I got all of the live stock put in along with all of live rock...but not the substrate.

I would like to put in new substrate. Is that even doable? How should I go about this? Do I need to treat this as a brand new tank or is it already cycled? (I had to use all new water....100% water change but all of the live rock is the same. I am worried that I am going to lose everything. If anybody out there has any experience with this situation, please help. Any advice out there from seasoned hobbyist is welcomed.

Thanks in advance

Josh

SPR1968 · Jun 11, 2020

If you move it all quickly it will be like doing a 100% water change and most of the beneficial bacteria will be in the rock work.

You could add substrate maybe through a long tube so it doesn’t cloud the water.

If your concerned or detect any ammonia in a few days maybe get a bottle of ATM colony or similar ready, but I think you should be fine.

fishguy242 · Jun 11, 2020

hi,bummer sorry to hear ,lucky had a back up!!,great news in bad situation!
i think you will be fine,as said above monitor
as far as adding sand i would recommend live,best way i have found is container with lid ,take down, open slowly,pour slowly !! best wishes