55g sw to fw tank build

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Jack Dempsey
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May 2, 2007
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Hey guys we recently upgraded one of our sw tanks and i was given this 55g to do with as i please:) so i havent done one in a long time so i decided to do a decent community tank. We have always only had little 10-30g community tanks because all our bigger tanks have been for cichlids. So ill be updating this as i go along. Today i drained all the sw out and removed the stinky crushed coral. My house was beginning to smell like low tide and this tank is next to the dinner table so not pleasant. I have toddlers running around so i couldnt scoop it into a bucket on the floor because they would be elbow deep in pooey gravel in two minutes and our only free bucket was taken so i had to MacGyver this bucket. So this is the progress so far.



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Rinsing and cleaning all that gross brown algae. Doing last fill up added filter and another shot of MacGyver bucket. Still gotta go get pool filter sand. Whats the whitest most inexpensive sand? Doing fake plants and still havent decided on other decor. I have these three nice pieces but i left them in the grass on top of rocks im worried they somehow got contaminated with insecticide. Anyway to test them or clean them well enough?


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Yea my daughter like pokemon so if anyone has any cards they dont want send em my way :) im surprised no one noticed the fish table cover.


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That tank would've looked nice as a growout for the white mouth moray

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Just added 50lbs of play sand.
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