The Great Sandbed Swap Reno (with pics)

[lil_clownfish13]

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):




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):



Here is the After (May 23):






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!!

Tina

[DanG]

Looking very nice.

[muck]

It looks good Tina.

Watch that xenia though as if left unchecked will take over the tank in no time..

[Funky_Fish14]

Looking great Tina! I like the zoo garden, hehe. How's that frogspawn doing?

Take care!

Chris

[Chaloupa]

nice change! (I bet it was a fair amount of work!)

[lil_clownfish13]

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]

Awesome! Glad it found a happy home!