Clockwork-Crow
Aquarium Advice Newbie
My stepmother had always had aquariums when I was growing up, so much so that I always assumed that having at least one fish tank was the default. Of the 5 kids in the house I was the only one who ever took serious interest in fishkeeping, and helped my stepmother do all of the research she needed when she started her first saltwater tank (when I was 10 years old), eventually I had my own small 10 gallon tank with neon tetras, before getting a 55 gallon tank which I filled with African Cichlids which had bred in my stepmothers tank. When I was 13 I moved away from my stepmother and fell out of fishkeeping, but just recently I moved to accomodation that allowed me to keep pets (I'm in my second year of a Natural sciences BSc), and realised that this meant I could have an aquarium. So I bought a 14 gal fish tank, sunk lots of money into plants, and various chemicals and equipment needed for the tank, and it is currently cycling, with my intention being to stock it with 8/9 Corydoras Habrosus and 1 Betta once the cycle has finished. Here's what it looks like as of a few days ago.