I have a 10 gallon setup with 2 small blue crayfish, 6 zebra danios and a rainbow shark. The tank has been running for a few months and everything is great.
It's only setup with the cheap (cheap looking) plants, blue gravel, and decorations and I want to replace it all with more natural stuff. I have some slate rock, some nice artificial plants from Michael's, and I'm getting a piece of driftwood and some small "pea" stone for substrate.
Can I swap this stuff out slowly, over the course of couple weeks without taking the fish out? Say remove all plants and move decorations to left side of tank. Remove half substrate and replace. Move all decorations to right side of tank. Remove rest of old substrate and replace. Add new plants. Remove decorations and replace with driftwood and slate. If spread out after each step would this be ok?
It's only setup with the cheap (cheap looking) plants, blue gravel, and decorations and I want to replace it all with more natural stuff. I have some slate rock, some nice artificial plants from Michael's, and I'm getting a piece of driftwood and some small "pea" stone for substrate.
Can I swap this stuff out slowly, over the course of couple weeks without taking the fish out? Say remove all plants and move decorations to left side of tank. Remove half substrate and replace. Move all decorations to right side of tank. Remove rest of old substrate and replace. Add new plants. Remove decorations and replace with driftwood and slate. If spread out after each step would this be ok?