I will post this in fresh as well, as I don't know where/tho whom to ask this question.....
We have a saltwater aquarium that is not doing well. Basically, we have live rock (and sand), and one mushroom coral with lots of crabs, snails, and bristleworms. We have tried introducing fish--and used to have more mushrooms.
Even with no fish, we cannot keep the levels correct. We purchase water from a saltwater pet store twice a week, and have a huge algae problem.....
All that said, after 3 years of trying with this, we don't want to continue with salt.
Can we convert this back to fresh? If we drain, clean, and start over, can we use the same aquairum & pumps, or do the minerals form the saltwater get into the pores of the aquarium & equipment, so that we will have to start over?
We have a saltwater aquarium that is not doing well. Basically, we have live rock (and sand), and one mushroom coral with lots of crabs, snails, and bristleworms. We have tried introducing fish--and used to have more mushrooms.
Even with no fish, we cannot keep the levels correct. We purchase water from a saltwater pet store twice a week, and have a huge algae problem.....
All that said, after 3 years of trying with this, we don't want to continue with salt.
Can we convert this back to fresh? If we drain, clean, and start over, can we use the same aquairum & pumps, or do the minerals form the saltwater get into the pores of the aquarium & equipment, so that we will have to start over?
