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I tore down my planted tank and dirted it today, what's the over/under on adding the fish back?
(mander.xyz)
It's a 20 long. I have 10 white cloud minnows, a few celestial danios and three pygmy cories currently at summer camp in a bucket with a sponge filter. I am trying to decide if I should leave them there and replace a gallon a day or chuck them back in the tank and watch ammonia like a hawk. I have a RO filter so water changes are no problem but I just can't decide which approach is best.
And yes, I know this could have all been prevented with better planning. Let's just stipulate that that ship has sailed.
Still no ammonia so I YOLO'd the fish in. Now the problem is the total lack of alkalinity, so I threw in an eggshell and I'm gonna add some crushed coral to the substrate for long term. Fortunately pH is pretty stable.