![]() If you have children, this could be a fun project to involve them. Or, directly place the potted plants over the layer of pebbles like the picture above to skip all this. Then add your potting soil and the plants. This acts as drainage for your plants and helps to fight off bacteria. Layer the pebbles on the bottom, with a thin layer of activated charcoal on top. You’ll also need a few different mediums to create the layers in the tank–use soil, rocks, activated charcoal, and small pebbles. The most popular ones to use are succulents. I hope you can share some photos along the way.You can use a variety of plants. One or two degrees difference shouldn't be too big of a deal.īest of luck and please keep us posted. Matching the water temperature from tank to tank is highly recommended to prevent stress and possibly ICH. If you don't wish to use the water from the 20 gallon then I would highly recommend the drip acclimation procedure as mentioned above. Lowering your pH levels to suddenly can be fatal to your fish. If the pH of the new water is lower than that of the 20g's then I recommend that you add the water very slowly. If the new water you are adding has a higher pH level than the 20 gallon water and it isn't far off, then there shouldn't be any issues as far as pH shock. This may help to eliminate the need for acclimation. ![]() I recommend that you add the water from the 20 gallon tank into the larger tank first. I made sure they were as close as possible when adding the new water. Temperature and pH were major concerns for me when transferring my fish. Maybe there will be some information in it that you can use: Here is a link to one of my threads dealing with a tank upgrade.
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