After some thought, I've decided to move my shrimp out of my 29 gal community tank into their own abode. I think I'll have to remove all the plants to catch them because I'm not sure how many are in there anymore.
Do I need to exercise special care when pulling out the established roots of the plants or can I just rip away some roots and treat the plants like cuttings? It's gonna be hard to bury miles of roots (unless I twirl them!
), but I also don't want the plants to go into shock or anything.
Also, I wanted to take the opportunity to try the whole 'sloping from the back' idea for easier cleaning of the substrate, but will this concept work with Eco-complete? In general, doesn't the substrate just level out with time? I'm no tidy vacuumer, lol. Anyone who has other layouts to direct mulm and stuff to one convenient spot? That'd be helpful!
Do I need to exercise special care when pulling out the established roots of the plants or can I just rip away some roots and treat the plants like cuttings? It's gonna be hard to bury miles of roots (unless I twirl them!
), but I also don't want the plants to go into shock or anything. Also, I wanted to take the opportunity to try the whole 'sloping from the back' idea for easier cleaning of the substrate, but will this concept work with Eco-complete? In general, doesn't the substrate just level out with time? I'm no tidy vacuumer, lol. Anyone who has other layouts to direct mulm and stuff to one convenient spot? That'd be helpful!
