step one pick a tank  29g .

step two sift dirt and sand ( i did 4parts dirt 1 part sand and hand full of gravel ).

step three moisten dirt and trickle sift it to get out remaining floatys.(cant get it all lol)

step 4put in the wet mix of dirt sand gravel. around an inch thick .and smooth it out flat with a sheetrocking paddel.

step 5 carefuly add gravel over the dirt i did around an inch of gravel as the cap.

step 6 add rocks and decorations.

step 7 added water VERY VERY slowly into a bowl so not to stir up dirt. (shoulda done this after i did plants but well i forgot lol)

step 8 added plants.

step 9 i did about 8 water changes of 50% of the water wich was around 16 bucketts worth of water out while the hose filled it back in.

step 10 turn the filter on and wait for the little cloudyness to settel out and enjoy :)

its not that hard lol took me around 8 hours of actual work i think ^.~ and now i just wait to see how it fairs =D

heres it after the last water change .