debbersannie
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello fishy people. Just posted on the intro page. Just starting the research for this hobby. Looking for some good books to help me along.
Have a tentative plan that I need some opinions on. For my first tank I am thinking of a biube pure (is that a good system?) for some cardinals, maybe a betta and some shrimp or something for the bottom. Keep in mind that I don't know what I'm doing but that doesn't look too complicated. Have read about the fishless cycling so don't plan on fish right away. After I save my money I am thinking of a 48x24 extra high 150 gallon tank-had the floor reinforced when we built the house 5 years ago- how's that for thinking ahead?-maybe a monterey super system from Foster and Smith? Is that a good system? Want to get a good one so don't have to keep upgrading. Any better ideas? Last but not least a few years at least down the road I'd like to delve into a saltwater nano cube. I live about 55 miles from the Foster and Smith retail store-it's really little-but they also have a lot of information and cool looking tanks with frags in them. Always stop and look but realize I'm too ignorant at present. Here's the plan. Feel free to let me know what you think. Hope it's not too wordy.
deb
Have a tentative plan that I need some opinions on. For my first tank I am thinking of a biube pure (is that a good system?) for some cardinals, maybe a betta and some shrimp or something for the bottom. Keep in mind that I don't know what I'm doing but that doesn't look too complicated. Have read about the fishless cycling so don't plan on fish right away. After I save my money I am thinking of a 48x24 extra high 150 gallon tank-had the floor reinforced when we built the house 5 years ago- how's that for thinking ahead?-maybe a monterey super system from Foster and Smith? Is that a good system? Want to get a good one so don't have to keep upgrading. Any better ideas? Last but not least a few years at least down the road I'd like to delve into a saltwater nano cube. I live about 55 miles from the Foster and Smith retail store-it's really little-but they also have a lot of information and cool looking tanks with frags in them. Always stop and look but realize I'm too ignorant at present. Here's the plan. Feel free to let me know what you think. Hope it's not too wordy.
deb