20gal redo journal

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Ok 20gal tank started like this 20gal redo journal - Page 2 20galtank-2-2

It got some white fuzzy stuff growing in it so I will be tearing it apart and redoing it with sand instead of the gravel. I don't know what decorations will stay and what will go (coon skull is staying). Same with the fish.
Current fish;
3 kuhli loaches
6 albino corys
2 albino skirted tetras
3 black skirted tetras
2 dalmation mollys
2 sunset platty adults
4 sunset platty fry/juvy sized

I'm open for suggestions. I don't have much choice on plants in this tank, its low light. So I don't think I will be enriching the sand at all. I could throw some wood in there or just stay with the stones.....

I will keep yall updated with pics.

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i will.

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Thank you

I guess I need to get moving on redoing my tank or I will have to rename this thread pleco talk lol!

Subject: Re: 20gal redo journal 8/14/2009, 2:53 pm

yeah lol. it was a thread hijack.

20gal redo journal - Page 2 Threadjacked

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Its ok. It may take me a bit to get going on my 20g. I've got so much friggin work to do its insane sick

That emotiocon thing really needs to be added!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!

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Ok I got around to changing it over to sand today. I moved all of the fish into other tanks. The fish that were going back into the 20gal into my 55gal I set up for cory fry. The other went into my 75gal to stay. The ones that went back into the 20gal are 2 albino long skirted tetras. 3 black long skirted tetras. 6 albino corys.

Ok the gutting process

The UGF is still in the tank at this point

The majority of the gravel is out at this point. I left some in for bacteria purposes, and I didn't want to get every last piece out

This is where the fish spent most of the day while I gutted and re did the tank. And of course the corys spawned in this tank... I guess they have to get them all

Just waiting on the dust to settle. I should have washed the sand better

This is all the decor I put back into the tank at the moment. I'm open to ideas

I will take a few more pictures later. Oh and yes it is an antique tank with a slate bottom

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I'm thinking I could put 1 African butterfly fish in here?
The stock is 6 albino corys and 5 long skirted tetras. Everything else went into my 75gal.
I will be adding some nice curvy citrus wood to the tank as soon as I get it boiled, Not sure how many pieces though.

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Ok here is the tank now

Any suggestions or ideas on what other type of decor I could put in there?
I have on hand; Pink marble tile, large river rock, chunks of quarts rock, Some low light plants java fern and moss. Some wood I could prep.
I don't have decent lighting on the tank so I don't have too many options on plants but recommend any you think would work, I love plants.

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As of right now.
Left side
20gal redo journal - Page 2 DSCN0462

Right side
20gal redo journal - Page 2 DSCN0463

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Can any one ID that fern in the right side pic?

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I think I may cry...... The whisper 30-60 on this tank is starting to die......It is the same filter I had when I was 6 on this same tank......I guess 20 some odd years is a good long life for a filter though.... It still makes me sad.....