[FONT="]My old 20 gallon setup was just getting wrecked. loaded with BB algae, wrong plants overtaking, right plants choking out, blah blah.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Decided to pull it all out and redo the entire thing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Ditched the black diamond substrate for white pool sand. Hopefully it doesnt become a gross mess. Ditched the sag grass for hair grass (hopefully it carpets this time.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Got rid of TON of plants and just kept what I wanted. Plan on potting some so they dont over grow again and start to kill the carpet. ditched wood and opted for just rocks.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cleaned everything with peroxide and bleach to kill the algae. Then rinsed everything off REAL good. let sit outside for a week+ and then wiped out with prime water just to hope all the bleach is gone. I dont smell any so I hope its alright. Kept my filter media alive in the holding tank but I think on re inserting it in the filter and running it might have started a slight re cycle.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I placed 2 of my guppies and a couple crays in the tank to be sure. I know it sucks to use them as canaries but id prefer to lose one or two over most of the others and I plan on removing a lot anyway. I want fewer fish TBH. I did lose 1 of the guppies but I think they were sick anyway and it was more the drastic repeated changes over anything else. I loaded the sub with live blackworms and they seem to be thriving so I figure if it was the water they would be spazzing out. I will test the water tonight of tomorrow. Been super busy so I couldnt yet. I think Ill test and do a water change. Once I know its all safe Ill move the fish I want and bring the rest to the LFS. Im looking at keeping my dwarf powder gourami, neons, BB goby, maybe my last pea pufer or ill make a self tank for him. I think it looks good.[/FONT]
[FONT="]any thoughts?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Decided to pull it all out and redo the entire thing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Ditched the black diamond substrate for white pool sand. Hopefully it doesnt become a gross mess. Ditched the sag grass for hair grass (hopefully it carpets this time.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Got rid of TON of plants and just kept what I wanted. Plan on potting some so they dont over grow again and start to kill the carpet. ditched wood and opted for just rocks.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cleaned everything with peroxide and bleach to kill the algae. Then rinsed everything off REAL good. let sit outside for a week+ and then wiped out with prime water just to hope all the bleach is gone. I dont smell any so I hope its alright. Kept my filter media alive in the holding tank but I think on re inserting it in the filter and running it might have started a slight re cycle.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I placed 2 of my guppies and a couple crays in the tank to be sure. I know it sucks to use them as canaries but id prefer to lose one or two over most of the others and I plan on removing a lot anyway. I want fewer fish TBH. I did lose 1 of the guppies but I think they were sick anyway and it was more the drastic repeated changes over anything else. I loaded the sub with live blackworms and they seem to be thriving so I figure if it was the water they would be spazzing out. I will test the water tonight of tomorrow. Been super busy so I couldnt yet. I think Ill test and do a water change. Once I know its all safe Ill move the fish I want and bring the rest to the LFS. Im looking at keeping my dwarf powder gourami, neons, BB goby, maybe my last pea pufer or ill make a self tank for him. I think it looks good.[/FONT]
[FONT="]any thoughts?[/FONT]
