Jun
Aquarium Advice Regular
Alright, so I'm creating this thread to put all the updates for my 40 gallon project that I gifted myself with for Christmas. I lovingly refer to it as 'the Mud Puddle', because for the first little while I had it, it looked like this:
So, thankfully, after a few thousand gallons (or so it seemed like) worth of water changes, it cleared up for the most part. I just received a shipment of manzanita, and went on a 50-foot trek to round up a few nice stones, and I completed the hardscape yesterday:
Not too shabby, eh? It's a little cloudy in the picture because I was messing with the sand, but I'm pretty proud of the way it's turning out.
I'd expected to have about $40 worth of plants in there about this time, too, since I am expecting the first 'true' inhabitants of the tank tomorrow, but my box of plants is caught in USPS limbo and I have no idea when to expect it (It was supposed to be here Monday). Hopefully soon? I'll update this when we have fish and/or plant touchdown.
So, thankfully, after a few thousand gallons (or so it seemed like) worth of water changes, it cleared up for the most part. I just received a shipment of manzanita, and went on a 50-foot trek to round up a few nice stones, and I completed the hardscape yesterday:
Not too shabby, eh? It's a little cloudy in the picture because I was messing with the sand, but I'm pretty proud of the way it's turning out.
I'd expected to have about $40 worth of plants in there about this time, too, since I am expecting the first 'true' inhabitants of the tank tomorrow, but my box of plants is caught in USPS limbo and I have no idea when to expect it (It was supposed to be here Monday). Hopefully soon? I'll update this when we have fish and/or plant touchdown.