Swank
Aquarium Advice Regular
My folks gave me a book on planted tanks for christmas last year...didn't really look at it much until now (i've been using the web for most of my info). Well, I notice in the care and maintenance section it says you should change out your substrate every 3 years or so!!! 8O
Is this true? DO you all do this? SOunds like a huge, messy, possibly destructive job!!!
FYI, I have a tall 39 gallon tank, 21 inches deep with a fairly deep substrate (4 inches avg, up to 5 in spots). Substrate was a layer of laterite mixed with gravel, a layer of peat moss, then a new layer of laterite and gravel with a small layer of gravel over the top for looks...
**As a side question, if you do decide to make a substantial change to your aquascaping, do you remove fish and other animals to a separate tank first? Which is more stressful, tearing out a giant piece of driftwood and stirring up the tank, or moving the livestock to a temp tank that may not be a preferred size or may not be planted, decorated, etc., in a way that makes fish comfortable?
Is this true? DO you all do this? SOunds like a huge, messy, possibly destructive job!!!
FYI, I have a tall 39 gallon tank, 21 inches deep with a fairly deep substrate (4 inches avg, up to 5 in spots). Substrate was a layer of laterite mixed with gravel, a layer of peat moss, then a new layer of laterite and gravel with a small layer of gravel over the top for looks...
**As a side question, if you do decide to make a substantial change to your aquascaping, do you remove fish and other animals to a separate tank first? Which is more stressful, tearing out a giant piece of driftwood and stirring up the tank, or moving the livestock to a temp tank that may not be a preferred size or may not be planted, decorated, etc., in a way that makes fish comfortable?