29g set up Journal

[R_sustaita]

Troy: yes, they are super happy. It does gives them good heigth for them to grow some nice fins.

Looks: yes she was looking at the tank non stop, she liked it alot now.

Txsun: that is the plan lol

[TexSun]

Looks great. Good job on cleaning. Now set that 10 gal up for CRS.

[LooksLater]

I agree- great job on the cleanup, it looks like a brand-spankin'-new tank! Good luck with it, hope it brings you and your lady lots of fishy happiness.

[troy tucker]

Man that thing looks Fantastic. Angels like tall water. So they are going to be much happier.
Great Job...

[R_sustaita]

No more pics today. But i will take more tonight. Lol

Thank you for the kind words.

[Complexity]

I have to post and run because I really need to be studying, but I could not let this one go without saying what a great job you did on cleaning that tank up! A lot of people run from used tanks because they don't know how well they can clean up, but you really showed just how great it can look if you put a little effort into it!

Looks really nice! Great job! :emt_thumbs:

Now quit doing such a great job and posting such great pics so i can get back to studying!

[R_sustaita]

yeah, i am glad with the results.

[eklikewhoa]

Kudos to John the DIY king!

[Totenkampf]

yep, two hours of scrubbing was worth it.

[R_sustaita]

i am sore of been on my knees. the angels at 1st were hiding on the left corner with the long plant but prior to lights out the were enjoying it. i love to see angels swim around, i think they are so elegant with the long fins and their movements.

[madehtsobi]

looks brand spanking new!!!!

good job on the cleaning man...

[R_sustaita]

first of all i would like to thank John - fshfrk thanks to him i was able to do it, as he was the donor of this tank.

well here we go it took me about 6 hrs to do the clean, set up and transfer.

the tank had alot of calcium sediments on it as you can see on the pics.







i used Kroger brand white Vinegar at 5% acidity to clean it. i used about 3/4 of a gallon, i want to do the full gallon but man the smell was to strong for me.


i places the tank and all its components on the bathtub and gave it a shower with the vinegar so it would work by it self 1st. right away i filled with water.



i left it there for about 1-1.5 hrs to get all that algae and calcium soaked. i stoled a dish water sponge from the kitchen (brand new sponge that is) that had some fiber to do the scrubbing. but 1st i did a scrubbing with a razor to remove everything and the sponge scrub to do a good after clean. i had a hard time cleaning the glass cover and the filters and the calcium was really penetrated to its pores. but 2 hrs of scrubbing and shaving paid it off well. i drain the water. and you could see the differece.



i was not done yet. as Vicky suggested to give it a good batch with chlorine i did. i had about 1/3 of a gallon diluted with about 10 gallons of water and did a good scrubbing to the glass and sinked everything again to wash it with chlorine to kill any bad stuff left there.

this is the final product after all the cleaning.



and i was ready to do the switch.


i used the gravel from the 10 gallon, it cover just perfectly the botton, i need 1 more bag to with it more ground. i also added about 6 gallons of the water i had on the 10 as i had done a wc 2 days ago, and i placed the used filter from the 10g and placed all the decorations fake plants and little cave to also bring good bacteria to the new tank.






and this is after 3 hrs of the finish product. all the fish are super happy.





i hope that you guys like what i did, i forgot to place the holey rock but my better half said she liked it the way it is.

it currently has

2 angels
12 yellow labs about 1" all of them.
1 otto cat
2 tiger strain endlers - males
1 assassin snail
1 lemon tetra
1 sunshine peacock-female