Carriwin
Aquarium Advice Freak
So I decided to post additional pictures and notations on my tanks. Things that work, things that don't and see where the water takes me.
So, I started off with 2 tanks: 30 gallon and a 55 gallon. I ran solely the 55g for ages, and have recently acquired an additional 55g, which I have decided to wait for a stand, or build one, before I set it up. Originally I had thought to leave it on the counter, but I don't think the brackets will support the weight. Better safe than sorry.
I want to say, as much as I have already learned, I only wish I had started in this forum sooner. I would've saved myself more money than I already have from purchasing the aquarium sand from PetSmart. They got me there... paying $23 for 25lbs of sand. I had ripped open the bag before actually settling down to read. Tsk tsk... I know better now.
So, after swishing around my sand and getting it settled, I switched my 55g WELL established filter into the brand new 38g for maximum filtration and cycling. I also put the heater from my 55g in there as well. I dropped my neons in the tank first to aid the process. They now look like this:
I had to put in some sort of planty thing, as it looked rather desolate in there.
So I upped the filter to the Penguin 350, rated for the 90g tank that the guy had it in before. WOO does it work! He passed along the 200w heater that he had, too. For $20 on top of the price of the tank, you bet I picked that up.
My original 55g now looks like this with the new filter and heater:
My angels opted to be obliging and decided to school for me first thing this morning...so all six are together:
Even one of my 3 cats wanted to help:
I am getting up the gumption to make the change to move everyone temporarily into the 38 while I change the substrate in the 55g... that ought to be an interesting party.
So we'll see how everything turns out.
So, I started off with 2 tanks: 30 gallon and a 55 gallon. I ran solely the 55g for ages, and have recently acquired an additional 55g, which I have decided to wait for a stand, or build one, before I set it up. Originally I had thought to leave it on the counter, but I don't think the brackets will support the weight. Better safe than sorry.
I want to say, as much as I have already learned, I only wish I had started in this forum sooner. I would've saved myself more money than I already have from purchasing the aquarium sand from PetSmart. They got me there... paying $23 for 25lbs of sand. I had ripped open the bag before actually settling down to read. Tsk tsk... I know better now.
So, after swishing around my sand and getting it settled, I switched my 55g WELL established filter into the brand new 38g for maximum filtration and cycling. I also put the heater from my 55g in there as well. I dropped my neons in the tank first to aid the process. They now look like this:
I had to put in some sort of planty thing, as it looked rather desolate in there.
So I upped the filter to the Penguin 350, rated for the 90g tank that the guy had it in before. WOO does it work! He passed along the 200w heater that he had, too. For $20 on top of the price of the tank, you bet I picked that up.
My original 55g now looks like this with the new filter and heater:
My angels opted to be obliging and decided to school for me first thing this morning...so all six are together:
Even one of my 3 cats wanted to help:
I am getting up the gumption to make the change to move everyone temporarily into the 38 while I change the substrate in the 55g... that ought to be an interesting party.
So we'll see how everything turns out.