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lil_clownfish13
05-24-2006, 08:51 AM
So I decided that I was sick of looking at my 20G in its natural and wholly messy looking state..so i decided that a change of sandbed and deforestation were in order.

Here is the Before (Mar 17):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/lil_clownfish/tankmar17.jpg


All in all quite "festive" but just not as sharp looking as it should be.
So i removed the entire sandbed and most of the liverock that didn't have coral or coralline growth on it. Then i repositioned and glued in place corals (like the frogspawns) that were inconvieniently shoved into the sand.
and here is the day it was changed (May 7):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/lil_clownfish/tank2.jpg

Here is the After (May 23):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/lil_clownfish/tankmay23.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/lil_clownfish/lgpile1.jpg


The re-growth has been very very good!!

The sandbed is now black, and the design is now very minimalistic, as the tank itself is quite small--20gallons-- I will only be adding rock to the two piles as needed, and trying to maintain the seperation in the middle.

IMO it looks much better this way!! :D

Tina
DanG
05-24-2006, 02:33 PM
Looking very nice.
muck
05-24-2006, 02:44 PM
It looks good Tina.

Watch that xenia though as if left unchecked will take over the tank in no time.. :mrgreen:
Funky_Fish14
05-24-2006, 04:38 PM
Looking great Tina! I like the zoo garden, hehe. How's that frogspawn doing?

Take care!

Chris
Chaloupa
05-25-2006, 12:50 AM
nice change!:biggrin: (I bet it was a fair amount of work!)
lil_clownfish13
05-27-2006, 05:27 AM
thanks all!

ya it was a fair amount of work-- sorted out my LR with no growth and tossed it in a bucket, then took the whole sandbed out and washed out the tank completely in the yard... i was concerned that the tank might be shocked by the loss of the established sandbed, but its come back completely and perfectly :)

chris- - the frogspawn is looking more fabulous every day!! really nice emerald green and purple!! thanks a million (again!)
Funky_Fish14
05-27-2006, 07:42 AM
Awesome! Glad it found a happy home!