Its been nearly 2 years since I set up my tank, I keep saying to myself it needs doing but keep putting it off. I think its time I got it done, its a daunting process and I'm not really sure in how this is done. Its going to be a complete make over/strip down and re-scape. I plan to do this in 2 weeks (next (uk) school holiday period). I'm going to use my old 60ltr tank to hold fishand a smaller tank to hold plants for duration of re-scape.
Please correct if any of my thinking is wrong.
Please correct if any of my thinking is wrong.
- Move fish shrimp and 60lrt of water from tank to holding tank.
- Remove plants and enough water to another holding tank.
- Remove remainder of water.
- Remove soil sand debris and clean.
- Re-Scape,
- Re-plant / plant use original plant water.
- Add Fish and original water.
- Top up with fresh water.
- Will my Eheim 4+ Pro be too powerful for a 60 lrt tank?
- If the eheim pump is to powerful, I can use my spare fluval U2? (I will need to replace the old media and filters not been used in 2 yrs).
- If I have to use the U2, I was thinking run it for a week with water from current tank to help populate media prior to fish swap?
- Can I use just an air pump and stone to aerate the water for plants?
- Is soil reusable (ADA soil and powder and sand)see original Picture?
- Is there a way to separate the soil from the sand?
- Do I need to keep any more of the original water for the new setup?