dapellegrini
Aquarium Advice FINatic
OK, the time has come and I now feel like I have the mental bandwidth to think through this issue. My 72g bow-front needs better substrate and I am planning on purchasing a bunch of Eco-Complete sometime soon. So:
1) How much should I get? I was thinking 7-8 bags... Does that sound right?
2) When I do work up the courage to do the complete tear down, what should I do to insure that I don't kill my fish? I will be removing a substrate that has a mature bacteria colony (7+ years) with one that has absolutely none...
I would like to try and keep the tank water by siphoning out most of it before I disrupt the substrate and them put it back in when I have the eco-complete in there... Problem is, I think I need a 55g barrel, and I don't have one of those laying around... Anyone else pulled this off?
TIA
1) How much should I get? I was thinking 7-8 bags... Does that sound right?
2) When I do work up the courage to do the complete tear down, what should I do to insure that I don't kill my fish? I will be removing a substrate that has a mature bacteria colony (7+ years) with one that has absolutely none...
I would like to try and keep the tank water by siphoning out most of it before I disrupt the substrate and them put it back in when I have the eco-complete in there... Problem is, I think I need a 55g barrel, and I don't have one of those laying around... Anyone else pulled this off?
TIA