Hi everyone,
I apologize for not being able to update this post these past couple of days, I have been really busy with work. So, you've seen how the tank was...now here is the tearing down. Forgive the limited picture potentials, these were taking months back, so no better pictures than this. Its all I had but I'll try and explain what I did best I can. Pretty much, what I did first was pull all my mosses out and driftwoods. This was a long tiresome process, and I even rested from it for days to let the water clear up or just plain laziness. My main focus was on preserving what mosses I still had, and keeping them seperate from other mosses so I could start anew with generally the whole species to assigned to each of its' own driftwood. After clearing the mosses and woods, I had to clear what plants I had, keeping them in the tank or taking them out for the period. The crypts suffered, as I had kept them out to long and just let them dry out. Once everything was clear or clear enough I could put the sand (I got from the beach-had to rinse it out very very well) into the tank. Here are pictures:
Clear mosses! and wood!
Long view
Another view
Strip the mosses.
Let the water clear up
And what is left
Now to put the sand in. I believe I turned off the filter before I dumped, but still there was still plenty and plenty of debris that the filter consumed.
Here is the sand:
Putting little by little in.
My temporary layout before I figure out what the heck I am doing.
Let the water clear up and step whatever is complete.
That was tearing down my tank, and I apologize if I am not more detailed about it.
Regards,
Dennis
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