Timfish Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Before, ≈10:00: Got to redo the aquascaping on a 10 year old, 180 gallon tank today. Good friend helped me so it only took about 6 hours (not counting setting up buckets and clean up). We pulled out all the corals, rock and sand. Added new sand, drilled and stacked the rock (see KimP's videos) and put most of the corals back in (funny, not all the GSP made it back in ). Now there's more room for corals and more variation in lighting allowing a larger selection of corals. Since we reduced the rock by about a third there's more room for the fish to swim. With bridges and arches and towers going to the surface there's more different swimming paths for the fish both in front, between and behind the auqascaping since the rockwork is no longer just piled in. There are also large open areas behind the aquascaping so fish have areas where they can easily swim around out of sight of those big mammalian things on the outside (don't tell them it now allows those big mammalian things almost complete access to the back side of the aquascaping by moving only one or two top rocks ). We also were able to save most of the water so we only had to add about 15 gallons. After, ≈4:00: (If you're wondering why it looks so clear after pulling out 10 year old sand we used a large canister filter to pull out the detritus.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Great work Tim. It looks rejuvenated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viet'spride70 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 nice job Tim. it look more like a modern tank..not saying the old one looks bad but its too crowded to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I'm a fan. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 What an undertaking! Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I bet all of those corals out of water, along with the detritus smelled just delicious. What an undertaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Wow, I love the new aquascape!! Looks like a ton of work to do all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Looks great. How are the fish and corals doing after the change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Couple of the leathers are still upset but the so called "SPS" are happy as can be. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneroller Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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