nitrous
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well my 55 gallon tank which i payed 50 dollars for which included the stand, 48 inch long tank by 12 inches deep , heater, light fixture, glass top, and undergravel filter which i didnt use.
the tank needed some cleaning becuase it was obviously not cared for well becuase it had what looked like rust everywhere but on the plastic and i got all that off and then filled it.
today i got my filstar xp2 which i have to say is a great filter, it runs great, very silent i cannot tell its running sometimes and it was easy to put together. i am going to buy my pool filter sand tomarrow im going to get two 50 lb bags becasue i like my sand kinda deeper and i have a design i want to do with the sand. i also bought some driftwood which i have soaking now and overnight because it wouldnt sink down.
on the right i will have a rock ornament i have which my rainbow sharks like to hide in all the time, the middle will be the driftwood, and the left will be rocks and teracota pots and ill have the sand slope up in the back and there ill have tera cota pots sunk down in teh sand and rocks all around them for hiding places and general look.
heres my projected stock list
5 cories
5 tetras
3 loaches
2 caes
4 rainbowfish
snails
pleco of some sort
ghost shrimp
my 1 bala which i dont want to give up, will get him a bigger tank later.
ill add that when i take off the filter of my 15 gallon now with a tetra, bala, 2 rainbow sharks, cory, cae, and clown loach and ill move them in the new tank and then run that filter on the new tank along with the xp2 for 2 weeks or so to help the cycle along.
thanks for reading and ill have some pictures soon.
the tank needed some cleaning becuase it was obviously not cared for well becuase it had what looked like rust everywhere but on the plastic and i got all that off and then filled it.
today i got my filstar xp2 which i have to say is a great filter, it runs great, very silent i cannot tell its running sometimes and it was easy to put together. i am going to buy my pool filter sand tomarrow im going to get two 50 lb bags becasue i like my sand kinda deeper and i have a design i want to do with the sand. i also bought some driftwood which i have soaking now and overnight because it wouldnt sink down.
on the right i will have a rock ornament i have which my rainbow sharks like to hide in all the time, the middle will be the driftwood, and the left will be rocks and teracota pots and ill have the sand slope up in the back and there ill have tera cota pots sunk down in teh sand and rocks all around them for hiding places and general look.
heres my projected stock list
5 cories
5 tetras
3 loaches
2 caes
4 rainbowfish
snails
pleco of some sort
ghost shrimp
my 1 bala which i dont want to give up, will get him a bigger tank later.
ill add that when i take off the filter of my 15 gallon now with a tetra, bala, 2 rainbow sharks, cory, cae, and clown loach and ill move them in the new tank and then run that filter on the new tank along with the xp2 for 2 weeks or so to help the cycle along.
thanks for reading and ill have some pictures soon.