Adding more gravel

[brianriv]

I would like to begin added real plants to my tank but I need alittle more gravel for them. Is it ok to ad more gravel to an established tank? Will I get a mini cycle? If it is ok can I just ad it like I did the original gravel? Rinse it well and throw it in. Thanks

 

[totalbolshevik]

Nah, you won't have to recycle it at all. Just do what you did with the original gravel, rinse it out real good and put it in. How deep is your gravel right now?

 

[brianriv]

Well that is hard to answer. I have it pretty uneven. Its pretty waivey. I originally put in 50 lbs of gravel. My tank is 48x13x18. I just rearranged the decorations today. I just pruchased to very tiny Bristlenose plecs. I wanat to start the planting around the drift wood. I'll post the updated pic of my take as my signature at the bottom of this message.