mitche8359
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I must have told our son I was getting him his own tank once too many times. Last night he asked me when.
I have a 10 gallon that isn't set up, suppose to be a quaranteen tank but do to remodelling has been taken down. I think I'd like to get him a little larger tank for his room. Maybe a 20 gallon, if I changed out the set of drawers with a bureau, maybe a 20 long. I'm keeping my eye on the paper/ebay for a deal but to be honest I don't know what a deal is.
I haven't had a set up this small in a long time. I want something nicer than the sponge filter that I have for the qt. I've read about HOB filters here but have never had one.
Looking for advice on what I would need for a 20 long as far as filtration. Most likely will be fake plants, gravel substrate. I have used underground in the past but I heard that's sort of archaic right now. It'll be a community tank with most of his 'black' tetras the first inhabitants.
On a side note, when the day comes, I was thinking of tanking water from the 55g for the smaller tank. Can I jump start the cycling process by doing this. Possibly put some of the substrate in the tank as well to let it get going.
I have a 10 gallon that isn't set up, suppose to be a quaranteen tank but do to remodelling has been taken down. I think I'd like to get him a little larger tank for his room. Maybe a 20 gallon, if I changed out the set of drawers with a bureau, maybe a 20 long. I'm keeping my eye on the paper/ebay for a deal but to be honest I don't know what a deal is.
I haven't had a set up this small in a long time. I want something nicer than the sponge filter that I have for the qt. I've read about HOB filters here but have never had one.
Looking for advice on what I would need for a 20 long as far as filtration. Most likely will be fake plants, gravel substrate. I have used underground in the past but I heard that's sort of archaic right now. It'll be a community tank with most of his 'black' tetras the first inhabitants.
On a side note, when the day comes, I was thinking of tanking water from the 55g for the smaller tank. Can I jump start the cycling process by doing this. Possibly put some of the substrate in the tank as well to let it get going.