I’ll give you a clue – no, my plants and sofa haven’t shrunk!
Yes, I’ve upgraded my 30L Biorb to a 60L version. This should make water temperature and quality a bit more stable with it being a larger body of water. It also gives me more scope for fish stock.
The process of changing over was quite stressful – it took me about an hour and a half in total, and I was very aware of falling water temperatures for the fish.
I’ve kept the old filter and media (just topped up the media with a new bag) to let all the good bacteria seed in the new tank. Hopefully this will mean I haven’t disturbed the nitrogen cycle at all. Catching the fish was the most “entertaining” part as it was the first time I’ve ever tried to catch a (live) fish with a net… and they did NOT want to be caught.
I deserve a very large glass of wine tonight.
The new one is still looking a bit cloudy, due to stirring all the muck up on the change over, should settle soon though. It’s also looking rather empty – going to need some nice tall plants in there I think. Will try and avoid adding anything new for a couple of weeks though, just to give the ecosystem a chance to recover.
All in all, I’m very happy with it. Except I keep doing a double take every time I walk through my living room!
3 responses so far ↓
1 Cliff // 7th Jan 2008 at 1:29 am
Ooh! You got a new goldfish bowl!
2 Paula // 7th Jan 2008 at 2:01 pm
You see, that is why I stick to goldfish! Fairly straight forward to look after.
The Hobbits are hankering after a guinea pig though. I used to have one and he was lots of fun, ever so sweet and squeaky. Either a guinea pig or another kitty!
What are you going to do with the old tank? You could always set it up elsewhere and have a house full of kids and fishes!
3 Pewari // 7th Jan 2008 at 5:07 pm
Oooo guinea pigs! Cute little fluff balls.
Not sure re: the old tank right now.
The disadvantage to the lovely bowl shape is that it concentrates light, so you can’t have it anywhere near direct sunlight (or your room can get a bit flamy).
The only place where a fish tank could sit that is out of direct sunlight is where the new tank is! Makes things a little more complicated.
Maybe one day when we move into a huge dream home (shush, I can hope) I can set up the second tank ;)
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