Rescaping my community tank!!!

[RRP1501]

Tomorrow I am tearing down my community tank and taking all the gravel and old plants out. I'm making it a planted tank with organic potting soil capped with Eco Complete black. Putting red clay in the soil for iron. I have Angels, Platty's, Black Mollies, Cory's and a Pleco with some Nerite snails. Will it be okay to put my fish in a large tote with the aquarium water in it with a few air stones in there. It's going to take a few hours to get it done. I'm just worried about my fish. Will they be okay in there while I do this. I'm scrubbing the tank down and cleaning it out good. I'll have a CO2 system hooked up also. Soda stream bottle piped straight into the intake of my HOT Magnum. I'll put pictures in after I'm done. Tips and comments much appreciated!


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[ImACoolguy]

They should be fine.

When I did a substrate change on my 75g my fish were in a 5g bucket for a few hours.


Caleb

 

[RRP1501]

They should be fine.

When I did a substrate change on my 75g my fish were in a 5g bucket for a few hours.


Caleb

Thanks Caleb! Makes me feel better. Still a little daunting doing this!


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[Fishperson]

Yeah I assume they'll be fine. It might help to give them some cover; just make sure that it can't fall over so don't stack rocks too precariously.

Will the co2 be in the tote with the fish? That's not a good idea IMO.

 

[ImACoolguy]

Yeah I assume they'll be fine. It might help to give them some cover; just make sure that it can't fall over so don't stack rocks too precariously.

Will the co2 be in the tote with the fish? That's not a good idea IMO.

I threw in a bunch of live plants so they felt a bit safer. Plastic/silk will work as well.


Caleb

 

[RRP1501]

Yeah I assume they'll be fine. It might help to give them some cover; just make sure that it can't fall over so don't stack rocks too precariously.

Will the co2 be in the tote with the fish? That's not a good idea IMO.

Oh No! The CO2 will be in the tank when I get it set up.

 

[Fishperson]

Oh No! The CO2 will be in the tank when I get it set up.

Ok, just making sure.

@Caleb- yeah, very true.

having some driftwood could also help OP

 

[RRP1501]

well here it is completed! The fish are looking good, so I'm happy.


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