cJw
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hello!
I've been lurking here for a couple weeks now, and I finally thought I'd say, well, hello.
My experience is limited to having tanks around the house I grew up in, but never actually maintaining one myself. I've been looking forward to setting up a 30" long (36" x 18" x 12") that I've inherited from my sister and everything is finally set - she moved it here last wknd and it even had an inch or two of water left as well as the original biowheel - attached to an Emperor 280 - with a handful of plastic plants and 2" of pea sized gravel.
My questions are numerous, but I will limit myself to these:
1. Does anyone forsee any problems I should look out for specifically with this set up?
2. I'm quite decided that I want to try angels and gourami - in a tank this size, how many would you recommend of each?
3. Considering the bacteria 'population' was already present, how long would you give this tank to stabilize?
(I have a few ideas on these three topics, but I'm curious about a more informed opinion than my own.)
Thanks in advance for your time reading this beast of a post; I look forward to your responses!
I've been lurking here for a couple weeks now, and I finally thought I'd say, well, hello.
My experience is limited to having tanks around the house I grew up in, but never actually maintaining one myself. I've been looking forward to setting up a 30" long (36" x 18" x 12") that I've inherited from my sister and everything is finally set - she moved it here last wknd and it even had an inch or two of water left as well as the original biowheel - attached to an Emperor 280 - with a handful of plastic plants and 2" of pea sized gravel.
My questions are numerous, but I will limit myself to these:
1. Does anyone forsee any problems I should look out for specifically with this set up?
2. I'm quite decided that I want to try angels and gourami - in a tank this size, how many would you recommend of each?
3. Considering the bacteria 'population' was already present, how long would you give this tank to stabilize?
(I have a few ideas on these three topics, but I'm curious about a more informed opinion than my own.)
Thanks in advance for your time reading this beast of a post; I look forward to your responses!