[APD] Re: Teardowns?

[Bill Wichers <billw at waveform_net>]

> I'm just wondering why/when people think it's necessary to teardown a 
> tank?  I've had my tank setup for nearly two years with a laterite 
> substrate.  The _only_ reason I could think to do this would be to replace 
> the substrate if it ever lost it's 'charge' so-to-speak.  I could also 
> understand a 'teardown' of sorts meaning just to uproot everything and 
> rearrange it in a new way...
>
> -Dave

Sometimes teardowns are necessary after long periods of neglect or an 
outbreak of a disease. I've had substrates clog in my own tanks (back when 
I used UGFs) and had to tear down and clean the gravel. I don't think 
anyone has ever 'worn out' laterite, and certainly not Flourite. What I've 
been doing now is to just push in a few of the Seachem Flourish tabs maybe 
twice a year or so which seems to work pretty well for me. I don't use UGFs 
any more and haven't had problems with the substrate clogging since I 
stopped using those.

I've known people to tear their tanks down when they want to do a *major* 
change in the setup too, but that doesn't seem to happen very often.

        -Bill


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