Slick_Nick Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Hi everyone recently my 15 gal fluval flex became way to full of plants and I started having leaves dying on my stem plants because parts were being to shaded. I don’t use co2 and just have stock lighting which has done well. I recently pulled all the stems from the substrate and trimmed the tops and just replanted those! I was sick of pulling leaves off my filter inlet every morning! After re planting the stems I realized I have absolutely no height in my hardscape and I would like to add some more. Not sure if I should add some wood or more seiryu stone to build up the right side and give the hardscape more height. In doing so I will have to add more soil. I have tropica soil powder the very fine grain size. My current stocking is 1 male German blue ram, 3 otocinclus, 5 harlequin rasboras and 2 male endlers who are just visiting not permanent residents. Is it possible to do the re scape with the fish in the tank? Or should I move them to a separate bucket? I don’t know what will put less stress on them! Mostly concerned for my ram Franklin I love him to death. I know adding more soil I will have to increase water changes for a bit which isn’t a problem I just want my hardscape to stand out a bit more! Any tips or suggestions are much appreciated I have a couple long weekends coming up with the holidays so I’ll have some free time to get it done. I’ll post a pic of the tank before and after the big trim and you’ll see my hardscape is too low. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 After that trim, the scape is more then lovely. If you are re placing the substrate, yeah I would remove the fish. But if not, I would drain the water to a few inches and they will be stressed, but fine in the long run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick_Nick Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 @James Black Thank you I don’t plan on removing any substrate just adding some if I decide to add more rock or some wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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