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Originally Posted by christyf5
Bev, I was just wondering: Whats the longest you've ever left your tanks alone for? It seems like you are tearing your tanks down every couple of months or so.
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Good question, Christy. Probably six or eight months might be the longest time I've had a tank without finding some reason to tear down and requascape it.
It's really not my favourite thing to do. Depending on the size of the tank, it can take a day and a half to tear down, look for crabs/remove valonia/remove a destructive fish/or whatever, then get it back together.
Reaquascaping is the toughest part, because I don't just throw the rock back in hoping it won't topple. I'm always looking for ways to improve tunnel systems for the buttterfly in the 120g, for example. Plus, I dislike the "wall of rock" look, so I'm always looking for ways to provide lots of water flow through the rock structure as well as give each tank a unique look.
I find the work to be terribly back breaking, even with dear husband Chris helping. Our current tanks are all shoulder high, so that means standing on a chair for much of the work.