prowakeboarder
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2012
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- 34
So I am pretty new to aquariums. This year I started a test run in a small 2.5 gallon with an incandescent light and a small Aqueon filter (Betta Bow 2.5) just to see if I could keep some fish. I now have that same tank with a few changes. I changed the bulb to a Zoomed 10w 6500k, and installed a Duetto 50 that has 3 kinds of filtration: mechanical, chemical, and biological. I have sand substrate and live plants that are doing pretty well given the light they get. They are an Anubias (attached to lava rock), Argentine sword, and Hornwort. The fish I have are 1 Electric Blue (balloon) Ram, 1 Cherry Barb, 1 Otocinclus, 2 Fancy Male Guppies, and 2 baby Balloon Mollies. I am currently feeding New Life Spectrum (the .5mm pellets), as well as brine shrimp and mysis shrimp. I have learned a lot since starting my own tank, but I'm looking to get lots of advice here as far as live plants and fish go. My next project that I am planning is a 10 gallon tank, possibly with dirt and sand, but I haven't looked into it too much. I'm glad to be a part of this site! I heard that it is great! I attached a picture of my tank. You can see the EBR and a little of how the rest of the tank looks. Hornwort grows fast so everyday my tank looks different!