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BTW i paid $60 for this setup. found it posted online and jumped on it!

sooooo unfortunately we have decided to move back home in about a month in a half. The build will be on hold until we get back and im going to go with a saltwater tank. here are some pics after cleaning it out though.

cool thanks for the advice! ill take a look at that. So for plants what do i need to know? as far as substrate and lighting? i have a metal halide fixture i did look up some bulbs i just dont know what spectrum i would need

another thing i know basically nothing about is type of fish and how many i can have in a freshwater tank... As i am new i want hardy fish but something my wife will enjoy looking at as well. any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Well yea that does certainly help! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

After the intro I wasn't sure what this tank was going to look like! Lol but it looks great! I had a 10g nano in college and struggled to keep it up the way I wanted. Hats off to you for this tank! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Wouldn't be surprised* Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

How much live rock do you have? Do you have good views all around the tank? In that size of tank I would be surprised you don't see it Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Well I want this to be a fairly easy build. Not a lot of maintenance. I'm trying to ease my wife into it and get her used to the idea of a salt water tank in the future Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

that was easy. looks like that is something i can buy pretty easily

okay too easy! ill do some research on it now

awesome thank you for the replies! great advice that i will absolutely use! do you all have any ideas about the lighting situation? I am glad to hear water isnt quite as complicated with fresh compared to salt. I dont plan on this being a fresh water tank for a super long time though. we are...

I also noticed in the article it said to use tap water.. Is that actually the preferred water source for fresh water? rather than R/O water?

Hey everyone. Im new to freshwater tanks. I am more of a saltwater enthusiast but i dont have the time or money for this tank to be a saltwater tank right now. I will be setting up a solana 40 gallon all in one tank next week. Eventually it will be saltwater but to start it is going to be...