99% Water change

[Ghost_knife]

since I have had a problem with my water I am Redoing my tank, I will post some pictures of it soon, I started by moving all but 4 fish to a Moving box, the other 4 I moved later because they like to jump alot. I will Redecorate and Replant, but am I doing the right thing? to change the water out after nothing helps?

 

[rrkss]

99% waterchange is fine but leave the filter intact and give the tank at least 3-4 hours to degass before adding the fish back.

 

[Roan Art]

I believe he already tore the filter down and replaced everything prior to this, so he's going to have to recycle.

Roan

 

[Ghost_knife]

Your right, I will have another cycle. This turned into a 99% to a 100% with washout. Anyone have pictures of their fish transit containers? I have all mine in a large tupperware box, 40 Gal about.

 

[Ghost_knife]

Well I redone my tank,
This first is just the gravel,

The seccond is all my plants in

the third is the whole thing all together

and another Angle

I know the water is a bit cloudy but thats from the gravel, I wash it but it seems this happens when I add some more, I added about 1.5 in of gravel across the whole tank

 

[rrkss]

Nice little layout you have there! Are those plants live? If they are you might want to reconsider the bubble wall.

 

[Ghost_knife]

they are all alive, they all have been there minus the little bushy plants and the grass, they thrive in there, all have grown alot even with the walls

 

[rrkss]

Well if they are growing then you might as well leave it alone. One of the reasons we own fishtanks is for the aesthetic effects of it. If you like the bubble wall and the plants are growing well then there is no reason to remove it.

 

[Ghost_knife]

I went with all live plants because I diddnt like the looks of the fake ones, they looked kinda cheesy IMO where I would have got them from.. they may be a bit harder to take care of but I think it's worth it

 

[rrkss]

Sounds familiar. My only tank that is mostly plastic plants is my goldie tank because they seem to never get full and will go for the plants when the flakes are finished. My live plants give me the benfit of low nitrates, low algae growth and a free cleanup crew. It also provides me with cuttings to keep my goldies busy.