Dmaaaaax ~ Re-emptying it would have wasted 350 litres of water, My house runs mostly on tank water and being on water restrictions due to very little rain, i really i just couldn't justify that, anyway 2 days to clear isnt all that long
I originally was pulling it down to drop the substrate level down, topping with gravel a few times made it come up too high, i wasnt happy with how much tank space i was losing. Then i thought, well its gonna have to have everything removed to remove the old (RichGro & red gravel), i may as well pull it all out and restart with a totally different substrate (laterite, Dino Dung & black gravel).
It has opened the space up i wanted, and i'm really liking the look. Fish have better colour with the black gravel. Though some fish will not be going back into the tank, the yoyos are going, they dig to nearly half their body length, and i dont want them stirring up the substrate. I was going to remove the clowns too, but i just couldnt do it, i'll just deal with the odd hole in a plant leaf *L* The male BN will be kept out for breeding with the new female i got. The cories wont be returning either at least until the plants have established themselves.
Petlover ~ Thank you