I will start a journal after I formulate a half a plan. I have a 60G that is not exactly a new tank. It was setup maybe 7 years ago but has had no fish or much care for 2-3 years. No lighting other than some natural. No filtration. Just some plants barely getting by and some snails. I have topped it off every few months and pythoned it a bit to keep plant debris from making it too ugly. Anyway I am not inclined to break it down and start over for several reasons. I am cleaning up the accessories right now and just intend to do some 75% WCs, check my water chemistry and see where I am on a cycle or not. Part of the reason I don't want to break it down is because it is gravel over some planting medium. I don't recall the brand, but it's not potting soil. It will be a nasty dirt storm mess if I try to remove the gravel, and then the plant medium. I suspect I would end up wasting a bunch of money of stuff I already purchased. Does this sound like a reasonable plan? If so I will be on to some water testing soon. I suspect I have a cycled tank and insufficient bio-load until I get some filters going and some normalcy restored. I will have some proposed stocking questions soon. I will get my PIC posting skills back on point so I can share as this proceeds.