Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Redo of the 29 community planted



I was having a problem with hair algae in this tank....finally got tired of dealing with it and took the whole tank down. Put the fish in a temporay tank...emptied all the water and scrubbed everything down good....hacked all the leaves off the plants that were covered in the stuff and put a new filter pad in. Did a massive gravel vac, stirring everything up good.

After all that cleaning, I refilled the tank treating with dechlorinator and let it sit for a day before putting the fish back in. I did a good cleaning of all the plants and rearranged things a bit. I've added some apponogeton and water lily bulbs in some of the bare areas...hope they all come up... The fish are now back in and everyone looks very happy, even the plants...they are pearling with abandon...lol.. I'm hoping this takes care of the algae issue, but I guess I have to wait and see. Took me about 3 1/2 hours maybe 4+ to do all this....don't want to have to do it again !