You’ll need to follow the same steps as setting up the terrarium as above, but instead of succulents, use colorful indoor plants or herbs. If you have children, this could be a fun project to involve them. Or, directly place the potted plants over the layer of pebbles like the picture above to skip all this. Then add your potting soil and the plants. This acts as drainage for your plants and helps to fight off bacteria. Layer the pebbles on the bottom, with a thin layer of activated charcoal on top. You’ll also need a few different mediums to create the layers in the tank–use soil, rocks, activated charcoal, and small pebbles. The most popular ones to use are succulents. Why not turn your fish tank into a terrarium? A terrarium is a collection of plants growing in an enclosed container. Although, if you do want to carry on keeping fishes, or growing food as some of the below examples, use vinegar and hot water to clean the aquarium. If you no longer want to maintain fishes in it, you can use regular household chemicals. Some of them are listed below:īefore you turn it into any of the following things, you’ll need to give it a thorough clean. However, if you have an empty fish tank, and don’t want to keep fishes anymore, there are still plenty of other old fish tank uses. Keeping fishes can be a time consuming but a rewarding hobby. These 5 DIY Old Fish Tank Uses will compel you to get an empty fish tank old or a new one to complete these interesting projects.

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