dominicreeks
01-30-2024, 05:23 AM
Hi everyone -
I am learning from my initial mistakes and I want to remove the gravel (and plants) from my tank (probably to replace it with a thin layer of sand - I am not a breeder and not interested in efficiently growing large discus and breeding). I currently have 2 discus - (want to increase to 6) one about 3 inch and the other about 3 1/4 inch. I also have a clean up crew of about 10 - 11 corrys and 2 plecos. I have a 200L tank and I am running 2 x heaters - the filter that came with the Juel tank (internal filter) containing bio sponge, ceramic media, medium sponge and Nitrax nitrate removing medium with a polish fibre on top. I have carbon in there at the moment to remove medicine. I am also running a Fluval 106 filter with biological ceramics and sponges. I use municipal water - changed every week. Nitrates always <5ppm.
Am I right to be concerned about removing the gravel causing ammonia spike because I will have removed about 25% of my Nitrosonomas and Nitrobacter or do you think my over filtered tank - now well matured will be able to cope with this lightly stocked tank?
Any advice would be really appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.
Dominic
I am learning from my initial mistakes and I want to remove the gravel (and plants) from my tank (probably to replace it with a thin layer of sand - I am not a breeder and not interested in efficiently growing large discus and breeding). I currently have 2 discus - (want to increase to 6) one about 3 inch and the other about 3 1/4 inch. I also have a clean up crew of about 10 - 11 corrys and 2 plecos. I have a 200L tank and I am running 2 x heaters - the filter that came with the Juel tank (internal filter) containing bio sponge, ceramic media, medium sponge and Nitrax nitrate removing medium with a polish fibre on top. I have carbon in there at the moment to remove medicine. I am also running a Fluval 106 filter with biological ceramics and sponges. I use municipal water - changed every week. Nitrates always <5ppm.
Am I right to be concerned about removing the gravel causing ammonia spike because I will have removed about 25% of my Nitrosonomas and Nitrobacter or do you think my over filtered tank - now well matured will be able to cope with this lightly stocked tank?
Any advice would be really appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.
Dominic