Greetings to all! I have been reading the amazing information on this site for a few days. I'm an old codger now but back in the college days I had an aquarium and really enjoyed it. Now that my wife and I are empty nesters we felt it was time to get back in to an aquarium. Wow how times have changed! Back in the day I was proud of my under gravel filter. I was one of the first on my dorm floor to have one.
I want to thank each person who has dedicated their time and effort on this forum to give great advice. I have followed the "Guide to Starting a Freshwater Aquarium" by librarygirl and after writing down everything we need, my wife and I are headed to our local fish store (LFS) this weekend to make the purchases, see, I even know some of the abbreviations already!
In short, we have decided to setup a 40 gal freshwater aquarium. I will go in to more specifics when my questions start rolling in after we get it setup. The only thing I'm really struggling with right now is whether to do a fishless or fish-in cycle. Of course back in the day if these terms were used it would cause a blank stare from a hobbyist like myself.
Any questions or comments are welcome so fire away if you have any. Again, thanks for all of the great information that all of you have provided!
Regards,
Kuhnini
I want to thank each person who has dedicated their time and effort on this forum to give great advice. I have followed the "Guide to Starting a Freshwater Aquarium" by librarygirl and after writing down everything we need, my wife and I are headed to our local fish store (LFS) this weekend to make the purchases, see, I even know some of the abbreviations already!
In short, we have decided to setup a 40 gal freshwater aquarium. I will go in to more specifics when my questions start rolling in after we get it setup. The only thing I'm really struggling with right now is whether to do a fishless or fish-in cycle. Of course back in the day if these terms were used it would cause a blank stare from a hobbyist like myself.
Any questions or comments are welcome so fire away if you have any. Again, thanks for all of the great information that all of you have provided!
Regards,
Kuhnini