Blackin
Aquarium Advice Activist
I'm wanting to change from the smaller gravel in my 40g breeder to fine sand. We have it in the frog tank and I love the look. This tank has only been running for a few weeks and is perfectly cycled and running great. I've got good lighting, good filtration, separate BB filtration(x2), LARGE chunks of real wood, tons of live plants.
Has about 15 guppies, 3 cory cats, a few small neon tetras.
Water tests are fantastic at this point, so I'm hesitant to change much.
So I'm wondering, if I do this... I'm obviously going to have to pull the fish, plants, decorations, wood, rock, etc. I've got a spare 5gal tank I can siphon some of the existing water into for the fish to hang out in. I've got a few 5 gallon buckets I could siphon all the rest of the existing water into. But, is that necessary as long as I retain all the bio media and such?
What would the step-by-step process need to be for changing out the gravel to sand while doing the least amount of damage to my existing eco-system?
Has about 15 guppies, 3 cory cats, a few small neon tetras.
Water tests are fantastic at this point, so I'm hesitant to change much.
So I'm wondering, if I do this... I'm obviously going to have to pull the fish, plants, decorations, wood, rock, etc. I've got a spare 5gal tank I can siphon some of the existing water into for the fish to hang out in. I've got a few 5 gallon buckets I could siphon all the rest of the existing water into. But, is that necessary as long as I retain all the bio media and such?
What would the step-by-step process need to be for changing out the gravel to sand while doing the least amount of damage to my existing eco-system?