FishMagnet

Mixed half a bucket of water from the 49 with half from the 75.
Water is nearly identical. The 49 has slightly less nitrate.
Removed all fish but the 4 danios into the bucket for about half an hour.

Removed all plants. Real plants into a bucket of water form the tank. Most fake into the 29.


Shut off filters.

Added flourite into the tank. Mixed with the existiing gravel.
Major mess.

Added the driftwood.(still floats) Drilled 2 pieces of slate as anchors and will weigh them down when I can see into it.

Put fish into 49. Added novaqua and a touch of amquel just because.

Put sponges over filter intakes and turned them back on to help clear up the tank water. May have to put on the magnum HOT to clear it up enough to scape it but want to wait until the majority of the larger stuff settles.

8:24am Hooked up HOT with 1micron.

Fish seem ok in the 49gal.
Going out to mow while the water clears.

11:09 Water is clearer but not enough to work with it. Filter flow is much reduced am going to clean out the HOT and clean the sponges on the other two.

dee31

looks like u have everything covered there !

FishMagnet

For an update.
Before, during, during, and current.

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FishMagnet

Has a long long way to go.

FishMagnet

Ok, finished for now.
Planted the live plants where they will stay for the time being. That will be an ongoing effort.
Everything is situated rather precariously. The driftwood is statinary but any serious bumps will dislodge it. I have to be carefull when working around it. Its attached to slate with a heavy thread that I stole from my wife's sewing basket. I couldn't find my fishing line, and figured the thread would hold up long enough. Its a really heavy thread.
The Danios are cruising about as always. They ate fine, so...so far so good. I wasn't too concerned about any of this. The only question was the driftwood. But, thats also why I left the Danios in there.
What else?
The water is still cloudy.
I've made up my mind on the future of this tank. Going into it I thought South American biotope. Amazon. Blackwater. Specific river. Then I went to tetra only. Then I decided on the angels. Then I went back to biotope. Then I questioned it all.
For now I'm just taking it as a loose SA system. I'll only be keeping tetras and angels. A school of corys and some type of algae eater. All indigenous to South America. Low pH, plants native to SA, etc. Maybe as it progresses I'll move more towards a true biotope, or maybe I'll just move towards whatever I feel like. I really like the purity of a more natural aquarium. Always have.
Only addition in the near future is the CO2. I may just order one, as I need to order a few things anyhow.

Any comments?

FishMagnet

Temp 79
PH 6.8-7.0. I have a hard time discerning between those colors.
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
Nitrate 0

Interesting. I did not change any water during the makeover.
Danios are acting a little funny. More erratic swimming than they normally exhibit. Could be the drop in PH.

FishMagnet

As complete as its going to get for awhile.
Going to change out the bulbs in the light to all 10k. Don't have a 6700k so...
for now they will have to be 10k.
Oh, and the Danios are fine.

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FishMagnet

Looking forward to getting these guys and hopefully gals back in.

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MissMTS

Your tank looks great! Your hard work has really paid off

FishMagnet

Thank you MissMTS, and by the way, I love your tanks! And those Angels!

Time

Very amazing tank! Looks like my substrate in there.

FishMagnet

Thanks Tim Keeper. Substrate is just a mix of plain gravel and Flourite.

Time

Fluorite! It must look amazing in person.

aquarist48

Beautiful job!
Ken

FishMagnet

Temp 80
GH 75
KH about 60
PH 6.8-7.0
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10

Danios seem ok, but two of them barely ate. Not sure whats going on there. They are normally voracious eaters.
Could just be the drop in PH.

FishMagnet

Thanks Aquarist48.

FishMagnet

Thinking of how I want to approach restocking. Obviously the Danios are going. They passed the test.
But, how to decide what to move back, and when. Thats the issue.

FishMagnet

9/12
PH 7.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate +10
GH 75
KH 80
Temp78
only changed 5g as that was all the water I had available at the time.

9/14 moved Danios into the 29g quarantine/hospital tank to be treated with all the rest.
After treatments they will all return.

Changed out all the RO filters and membrane.

Brown algae bloom. Too much light I think. Live plants aren't looking all that well either. Either too much light or not enough Co2. Or both.