I have missed your thread for a little while. I can imagine that sinking feeling on seeing those silicone marks. At least it will be rectified and only a few days to go. Ditto on re-using some of that subrate as the base. I have done that on some of my tanks before. Shame to waste it, not to mention the £s.
Hiya Sanj, yeah massive sinking feeling, even more when i was draining and scooping it all out, on the plus side the hose adapter attached to the carpet cleaner is a bloody good way to suck up every last drop of water from the tank
just a week and 2 days to go and it will be back. have made some modifications to the cabinet too for peace of mind.
ive decided i will re use as much of the removed substrate as possible, although when u took a scoop out of the holding tub im sure you can imagine what my first words were when i saw the state of it when i took the lid off lol..... two words holy and sssssssugar
on its own in a glass of water it just wasnt settling, the water was very dirty but a second glass with the same amount in, then topped with an equal amount of cat litter for testing and its kept it down although the water is slightly cloudy so atleast i wont need all new anyway. might just get 5 fresh tubs of tmc nutrasoil and use 30 litre of the previous substrate.
Ahw that sucks. Substrate must cost an arm and a leg with that tank. My 3x3ft tank has 9bags of flourite and its not enough to make nice slopes.
Hiya Ryno, yeah it did suck and still does but im more cheerful as ive had other good news regarding bith this tank and previous tank so concentrating on that now.
But yes, it would work out roughly £240 to re do the substrate again