What is "Reset Tank" and how to do it?

[muthubaba]

Saw this term "reset tank" a couple of times. Was wondering what this is about and how its done.

[felix_fx2]

It's re-setting up the tank again.

[Shadow]

Take out everything from the tank, clean it, and re-setup again from zero.

[Eric9013]

Tear down everything, plants, wood, etcs, remove all fishes and shrimp to another tank, and start all over

[VSGenesis]

I'm going to regret doing this again next month.

[muthubaba]

lol i see. but how would you know when you need to "reset" ?

[felix_fx2]

Hi muthubaba,

Most of us do it when things don't go the way we planned...
The most common cause is serious algae issues, changing plants due to melting, changing to a newer pack of aquasoil.... "and the reasons go on"

Also some folks keeping shrimps also do it when livestock die without reason and no idea what could be the cause. So they reset and setup the tank again.

[muthubaba]

Hmmm if livestock dies with unknown reasons, then have to change soil and clean the whole canister filter too?

[felix_fx2]

Most people will try find out the cause 1st, doing a reset is something no one likes.
In a logical sense, sadly but yes.

For now consolidate the advice and do try other options before a reset. For a new tank, very often fauna dies and hobbyist is without a clue of why it happen.
Give the tank sometime to build BB up, but if it's KH/PH fluctuations i'll rather a seasoned shrimp hobbyist to guide you. Their the real pros of maintaining those parameters.