A new Tank (56K Warning!)

[workfortheman]

Well, I spent 6 hours yesterday tearing down my 20 gallon tank, which housed fish and plants and setting up a 29 gallon in it's place. Not only that, but the new tank has flourite in the substrate! OOOOHHHH what a headache. But on to the picutures . . . .

Here's the old tank, taken before takedown:


Setting up the divider for the substrate on new tank:


Here's with the Flourite and Pool Filter Sand:


Overhead view:


I had to stick my canister on there with a bunch of floss, getting messy. Don't forget that my other tank is just sitting there, with a bubbler on it and 4" of water!


Planted, but still foggy. VERY hard to plant a tank you can't see into, but I was in a hurry.


The Result.


Blue Ram likes the sand . . .


So does the Goby . . .


Amazingly, both German Blue Rams survived this transition (so far. . . ) as well as all 7 black neons, 2 yoyo loaches, and the goby! One of the Rams is stuggling, so cross your fingers.

In hindsight, I would NOT set up a tank with flourite in it, while the fish are waiting to be transferred. It was super stressful, but now I have 6" more height to play with plants!! heheeeee

Comments/suggestions encouraged!

[workfortheman]

Okay, someone wanna correct my html language? I'm a noob >_< and it's frustrating me.


EDIT: okay, get em linked but is there a way to resize them? Something like [img width=500]url[/img] ??

[Jchillin]

Amazing job! Looks really nice.

Unfortunately, no re-size tags exist on this board, you have to re-size em' on your host.

[BrianNY]

Great photo expose Ernie. I really like what you did with the substrate. Thanks for sharing.

[Zagz]

Looking good! I also like how you did the substrate.

[rich311k]

Looks good. Neat idea with the substrate.

[TankGirl]

Cool idea! Nice job

[travis simonson]

Nice work I really like how you set the depth of the sand off-center to the left. And you've got a lot of sand to play with too. Are you considering some ground cover that will creep out of the Flourite and help blend the sand edge in? You may have to create a tiny rake out of a fork or something to keep your sand groomed too :P I guess it depends on how messy your fish and plants are. I'll be very anxious to see how it progresses for you. Cool thread

[czcz]

Nice tank and site.

[fishfriendly]

Look good!!

Two pieces of advice from someone that setup a flourite tank w/ [acronym:72c2561d11="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:72c2561d11].

1) be careful when you vacuum or else your sand and flourite will mix together and you'll no longer have the nice seperation.

2) I noticed that you have the [acronym:72c2561d11="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:72c2561d11] ladder. I also thought that that would do the trick but in actuality it doesn't put nearly enough [acronym:72c2561d11="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:72c2561d11] in the water. Look into a pressurized system if you're really serious about the plants.

Good luck, keep up the good work!