My son's community tank.

[pendergraft2111]

I believe it is a 55g deep. He loves it and picked everything in it. He's only 6 and already has the 'bug'. He keeps it clean and keeps the fish fed. He makes me so proud.

 

[Joyler]

JEEZE! Now that is so cute! He is doin a great job I think you (and him) should be proud!! What kind of stock do you have?

 

[GoldfishNewbie]

That is BEAUTIFUL! He certainly has a talent for picking out the plants etc, I wish my tank looked half that good!

 

[fort384]

Looks very nice. Unfortunately, I see a non-aquatic live plant in there... Dracena sanderiana. It is the white/green variegated plant right of center. It will not survive long term in the tank.

 

[Bettababe1011]

JEEZE! Now that is so cute! He is doin a great job I think you (and him) should be proud!! What kind of stock do you have?

+1

That looks wonderful. I love the blue light. He's half my age and already a better aquascaper than me!

 

[Joyler]

Oh fort! Youre so smart!!

 

[pendergraft2111]

It is mostly guppies and platys. He likes to get different guppy colors and see how the babies come out. He has a couple of 'glo' fish, black skirt tetra, a clown loach ( snail issue from plants, I know they get big but he has space) and a bala shark that I just couldn't talk him out of. They grow slow. As far as the plant I had no idea, he picked it out at petsmart and has had it for about 2 months.

 

[fort384]

It will survive awhile, but it will eventually start rotting, which will be bad for water quality. It is more resilient than other common non-aquatic plants that are marketed and sold as aquatic.

 

[Joyler]

Excited for updates for sure!! don't let him get discouraged about plant choice...all of us make mistakes...I'm sure I haven't made my last one...lol

 

[Bigtay]

What type of light/bulb and light fixture you are using, I like how your tank looks and been looking for that type of lighting. Your son has some talent.

 

[Dylan5359]

Geesh! Give it a year he'll have a tank like fort's! great job!

 

[alLexX]

man,im more than twice his age(13)and cant make my tanks look half as good...

 

[pendergraft2111]

While this is not where I bought it here's a link.
http://freshmarine.com/hg-marine-glo-30w-36in.html

It is a hagen 30w actinic... I bought it off a guy at work because I liked the color... the link is the exactly what mine looks like. Someone might now a little more about it but I believe it is designed for coral growth.

 

[fort384]

Are there other live plants in the tank? I can't tell for sure from the photos. The actinic would not be good for any live plants, aquatic or not. If the rest are fake plants, then I really like the look of it!

 

[pendergraft2111]

No the rest are fake...except the hoop. I think it does ok because my wife opens the curtains on the window behind it daily. Live plants are new to both of us. We like to learn together...lol

 

[Joyler]

No the rest are fake...except the hoop. I think it does ok because my wife opens the curtains on the window behind it daily. Live plants are new to both of us. We like to learn together...lol

Curtains? Beware of algae

 

[Bettababe1011]

Curtains? Beware of algae

A magnetic scraper will be your savior.

 

[pendergraft2111]

Oh yes his favorite 'toy' . At least twice daily...lol

 

[Bettababe1011]

Haha. Before I moved my frog tank away from the window I was using one of those constantly. Haha, is he as neat in other areas, or just the aquarium?

 

[Joyler]

Well...the room looks clean, and the pictures are hung just so if that's any indication...lol crap...I'm going off topic! Sorry fort