[dekstr]

A few days ago, I had just pulled an all-nighter--so I was kind of tired. For stress relief from studying, I went to BAs the next morning to window shop, found a good deal for a 10g for $10, so picked that up.

Long story short, when I got home my brother was free to help me move the 55 gallon tank + stand (I got it a few weeks ago in a good deal) from the basement to the main floor. It would be in the place of where the 20 gallon tank was (see signature). The original plan was to not move the 55g until Christmas time when I would be freer. Nevertheless I was all excited to do the upgrading!

So I rushed back to the local Big Al's to get some more substrate and supplies. They didn't have any flourite black. I was desparate, so I had to settle with the more expensive Eco-Complete. Also picked up two nice pieces of manzanita wood.

In the end, it took a huge effort to do everything myself other than the moving of tank/stand. The 10g turned out to be really useful--it was used as a holding tank for the 20g inhabitants while I did all the upgrading. Probably spent 10 hours in total to get everything set up. I was exhausted at the end. I didn't really spend too much time aquascaping--so the hardscape and plants look kind of ugly right now. I haven't worked out all the details in terms of scape, plant list/selection.

The end goal is to eventually have a low-maintenance tank. But right now, I just want the plants to fill out--so I'll start running DIY CO2 again.

Edit: Ooops wrong thread to update lol.