Which River Rock Is Better? [POLL]

[OliveFish05]

I’m just thinking that

I feel like it would take a VERY long time to do it all at once... What if it takes two to three hours to rescape? I don't want the fish in the bucket for that long... I'd rather to short segments than chance it with a very long process...

I’m just thinking it would be easier, at the point that you take EVRRUTHING out, to just put the River rock back instead of the dragon stone. It shouldn’t take any extra time, cause you’re putting rocks back anyway. The plants you could do separately, that’s just a quick thing though and overall not very stressful. To minimize the amount of time you take, rinse your new stones and wash your new sand before you even mess with the fish. It helps!

 

[Rocky998]

i swearndMy tank setups usually last 3-5 years before I redo them, but that's often as much out of boredom as out of any real biological need.

Oh this will be my last major change to the tank... I won't want to touch it after its all done. I think some think I like doing this work... The fact is... I hate doing it. But I NEED and WANT to do it...

I’m just thinking that

I’m just thinking it would be easier, at the point that you take EVRRUTHING out, to just put the River rock back instead of the dragon stone. It shouldn’t take any extra time, cause you’re putting rocks back anyway. The plants you could do separately, that’s just a quick thing though and overall not very stressful. To minimize the amount of time you take, rinse your new stones and wash your new sand before you even mess with the fish. It helps!

I'm also planning on vacuuming the areas of the substrates where the rocks were which may take a bit of time... I'm also going to be mixing the substrates together which also adds on a bit to the time... The reason I want to do the rocks in two segments is due to bacteria. I don't want to remove ALL the rocks at once and cause a major disruption. So giving it a bit of time shouldn't hurt anything to help those newer rocks "mature"...

 

[itiwhetu]

Never, unless I move house or something like that. Today I did the biggest rescape I would ever do. I removed about 20% of the plant and threw it in the compost. I want more light in the tank now we are heading into winter, and I want the Amazon sword plants to have more room and more light.