Hmm Sorry Yet Another Question...

[Harlequins]

Hi all

Well i've cleaned the second hand 216litre tank,removed the moulded backing that was inside the tank,and all the silicone,the tank is ready to add gravel,

Now...

Today i bought a big bag of very small gravel,unfortunately they only had one bag,and at a squeeze it might just cover the tank,but i thought i could put a layer of my old gravel on the bottom ,which is bigger in size,then put the smaller gravel on top,i know it will eventually all mix up,but i shall do a sample mix to see what it looks like!

I obviously need to remove the gravel from my running 20 gal tank,but i don't want to remove the fish just yet until the water has settled in the newer tank after i put the gravel in and i need to get the external filter complete with cloned media up and running then i can add the fish..

My question is will it affect the tank/fish too much if i carefully removed all the gravel whilst they are still in there?

sorry for all these questions,but i want to get it right...

 

[OldMan47]

If you are going to disturb the gravel in a tank holding fish, first give the gravel a thorough cleaning. You do not want to dig up gravel and just have the material that has accumulated there get into the water in any quantity.

 

[Harlequins]

If you are going to disturb the gravel in a tank holding fish, first give the gravel a thorough cleaning. You do not want to dig up gravel and just have the material that has accumulated there get into the water in any quantity.

Ahh right thanks oldman,you're a star