Well after finding a great deal on craigslist, i decided to upgrade. I posted some pics to see size difference for some of you that want to upgrade but know how it will look.
It took about 4 hours from start to finish to move all the decorations, substrate, fish, filtration, etc....
I was orginally gonna just use more pebbles but im glad i decided to go with sand. I bought (3) 50 pound bags of play sand from home depot for $4.50/bag. Took about 2 hours to clean it all with the 5 gallon bucket method.
Currently have 23 fish
9 Rummy Nose
3 Assorted Cories
4 Harlequin Rasbora
3 Angels
2 Blue Rams
2 Black Mollies
Plan on adding
6 more Rummy
11 more Harlequin
7 more cories
and 2-4 more centerpiece fish depending on size
those white bags with rocks you will be seeing are filled with my old substrate to help out the bacteria build-up in new tank. for the last week all readings of ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are zero.
i plan on putting plants on the outsides to look like a horseshoe around the outside edges of the rock formation with some airstones behind the plants.
old tank
Fillin' er up
Homemade python, all the sand, dont mind the messy kitchen
Size diff
more size diff
front view (dang patio door and its glare)
Can see a few rummy, angel and a GBR
My rummy school
love the angel's, very friendly
my myterious lepard/peppered cory, always eating around the rocks kinda hard to find sometimes
It took about 4 hours from start to finish to move all the decorations, substrate, fish, filtration, etc....
I was orginally gonna just use more pebbles but im glad i decided to go with sand. I bought (3) 50 pound bags of play sand from home depot for $4.50/bag. Took about 2 hours to clean it all with the 5 gallon bucket method.
Currently have 23 fish
9 Rummy Nose
3 Assorted Cories
4 Harlequin Rasbora
3 Angels
2 Blue Rams
2 Black Mollies
Plan on adding
6 more Rummy
11 more Harlequin
7 more cories
and 2-4 more centerpiece fish depending on size
those white bags with rocks you will be seeing are filled with my old substrate to help out the bacteria build-up in new tank. for the last week all readings of ammonia, nitrates and nitrites are zero.
i plan on putting plants on the outsides to look like a horseshoe around the outside edges of the rock formation with some airstones behind the plants.
old tank
Fillin' er up
Homemade python, all the sand, dont mind the messy kitchen
Size diff
more size diff
front view (dang patio door and its glare)
Can see a few rummy, angel and a GBR
My rummy school
love the angel's, very friendly
my myterious lepard/peppered cory, always eating around the rocks kinda hard to find sometimes
