I basically let this aquarium become neglected because I allowed my son to put a bluegill in it he had caught and I was kinda hoping it would die off so I could stock it. That silly thing proved to be quite hardy. When my son finally asked why I wasn't getting any other fish for the aquarium I got to talk him into letting the bluegill go in the pond so we could get more fish and not have them eaten.
The bluegill liked to dig in one spot in the tank so he had stired up quite a bit of a mess making his way through the sand down into the soil. It took lots of near complete water exchanges to clean out the water and the algae from the neglect. The plants were so covered in it that they really have not grown any and a lot of the leaves had to be removed. I have added more plants and moved my pleco from my 47gl tank to this one and decide to try angelfish rather than discus. So I now have 6 little angelfish I hope to see grow up.
If I could figure out how to upload pictures I would share. I created an account with Image Shack but I don't know how to get them from there to here. I guess I'm technologically challenged.
