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| So over the past 10 months my first fishtank has really settled in nicely. The water is crystal clear all the time and the plants seem to be doing well. It is a far cry from the winter when I was constantly struggling with murky green water and losing plants quite regularly. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of the "killing every plant I tried" period is I stopped paying attention to what I was planting where and worried more about just trying to get stuff to grow. So now that my tank is healthy and growing, I have a whole bunch of Amazon Swords up against the front of the glass with micro swords, jungle grass and another unamed small and short plant in the back corners. Basically my 29gallon tank is backwards! Soon I'll be looking and a wall of sword leaves and my fish will be happily hidden behind them. Its also about time to re-fertilize my substrate. So I am beginning to think I should bit the bullet and re-do the tank to get the plants sorted out by size from back to front as is proper. I'm a little nervous about ruining my tank that has finally become problem free in the past few weeks. But at the same time, I have a feeling that re-planting is probably the right thing to do. Would you all agree, and do you have any recomendations on how to manage such a process? Thanks, J
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If it really is just completely backwards, you could remove the water until you have just enough to keep your fish okay for a few minutes while you simply turn the tank, then fill it back up (slowly). If you still have tinkering to do afterward, at least you wouldn't have to pull up the entire tank and redo it.
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If that isn't an option I vote for biting the bullet and reaquascaping it. I did the same with my reef tank a few weeks ago, and though it took a few days to do, and a few days after that to clear, I have never been so happy with it. You might as well get it just how you want it, because what is the point of an ugly tank with healthy plants you can't see because they are hidden behind a wall of amazon swords? Every tank should be considered a work in progress IMO, and even planted tanks need an overhaul every now and then.
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I think bite the bullet and replant. I did that to my 29 gallon tank about a month ago. Boy am I glad I did that. It looks so much better. I had kind of the same situation, some of my plants in the foreground were much too tall to be there. Anyway, it takes some work, but IMO it is well worth it to be happier with your tank.
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I vote for replanting the tank also. I am facing having to do that in my 300 gallon tank, which has Seachem Red Fluorite, and I am dreading the prospect of stirring up the "red haze" again -- but I really need to do it. So -- go for it.
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