Des's 60 Gallon Aquarium of Awesomeness

[The_Desacrator]

Okay I picked up this bad boy today. Pet's Mart had an awesome deal. This is my first big tank for myself so I am pretty excited. Unfortunately I can't afford to pick up everything it needs for a couple of weeks.

Current Plan:
1 Pleco that I have in another tank.
A bunch of Denison barbs
maybe a lobster of some kind
Live plants, most likely amazon swords, maybe anubias, and I am open to other options.
Driftwood for sure, maybe a big rock as well.
I wanna try sand as the substrate as I have never used it before.

 

[lunch]

Maybe some thin val's across the back and a java fern or 2


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[The_Desacrator]

What are val's? I looked up java ferns and i like them. might get two and put one on each side

 

[lunch]

Thin Val's are the grass plants at the back..
Wrong picture but u get the idea

 

[The_Desacrator]

Those are not bad.

I will have to see if they are available in my area.

 

[The_Desacrator]

Got my first part of equipment. New heater and a filter that I will return because amazon has them for alot cheaper.

 

[The_Desacrator]

Ordered my lighting and filters off of amazon(amazing deals). Ideally I will pick up the sand tomorrow.

 

[The_Desacrator]

Picked up the sand today. At the store it was called Black Beauty. The guy said its from a local quarry that they crush into sand. Looks nice and is a little sparkly.

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[The_Desacrator]

Got the LEDs today

 

[The_Desacrator]

Got these in the mail today ( I opened one)

 

[ImACoolguy]

Awesome


Caleb

 

[Exigenn]

Your getting there =D

 

[The_Desacrator]

Thanks guys

Tomorrow I am going to go get a powerhead and start cleaning the sand. :3

 

[Exigenn]

Cleaning the sand sucks lol, i was at it for like 3-4hrs and it was still a bit cloudy. Cleared in a few hours though. I just started stocking my 60 today

 

[lunch]

I found if i took the head off the hose put the end in a decent size bucket, pour the substrate in on top and sat the bucket in a position so that the water can flow down a drain, all i had to do was turn the hose on and shuffle it around every 5 mins or so, i had 20kgs cleaned in about 25 minutes, im all about minimising effort

 

[Exigenn]

yea i had to do it in a shower =/

 

[The_Desacrator]

Whoooo got the powerhead today

If it doesn't rain like hell tomorrow I'll start cleaning the sand.

 

[Nils]

This is coming along nicely!

Why not use the rain to your advantage and have it clean the sand for you? You know, put the sand in a shallow container, leave it out, rain should fill up soon and then wash all the gunk out......doesn't cost you anything and all yu have to do is put the sand in the container.

 

[Exigenn]

I would be interested to see if that works. Or use the rain as free RO water lol

 

[The_Desacrator]

If I can I'll try it! Should be interesting

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