jvgillow
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So the MTS struck again and I decided to pick up a 20gal long aquarium. I wanted to do a sand substrate this time instead of gravel, so I got some of the pool filter sand that most everybody recommends. I didn't know exactly how much sand I should use so I just put the whole 50lbs in there. I think I probably only needed 30-40lbs so some of it might come back out.
Yesterday I cleaned the sand, prepped the tank, and moved over a 150w visi-therm heater and Penguin 150 filter that were spares in my 30gal tank. I didn't move any gravel from my other tank yet but if the fishless cycle in the 20 seems to be going slowly I will do that. I got some decorations for the tank but haven't done much in the way of plants yet.
Between my two betta tanks and the 30 gal, I currently have two male bettas, 5 neon tetras, 3 peppered cory catfish, three BMS, a CAE, a platy, 6 zebra danios, and a single tenacious ghost shrimp who out-survived all of his prior tankmates. I want to put some different fish in the 20gal that will play nice together and not have an issue with the shallow depth. pH in our tap water here is 7.0, indoor temp reaches 80 degrees so I have to stick with tropical fish. Hood light is an Eclipse natural daylight 22w.
Here's what it looks like so far. The Penguin intake guard is off right now but it normally has one.
Edit: I just realized it's been exactly one year since my last post on AA. Weird 8O
Yesterday I cleaned the sand, prepped the tank, and moved over a 150w visi-therm heater and Penguin 150 filter that were spares in my 30gal tank. I didn't move any gravel from my other tank yet but if the fishless cycle in the 20 seems to be going slowly I will do that. I got some decorations for the tank but haven't done much in the way of plants yet.
Between my two betta tanks and the 30 gal, I currently have two male bettas, 5 neon tetras, 3 peppered cory catfish, three BMS, a CAE, a platy, 6 zebra danios, and a single tenacious ghost shrimp who out-survived all of his prior tankmates. I want to put some different fish in the 20gal that will play nice together and not have an issue with the shallow depth. pH in our tap water here is 7.0, indoor temp reaches 80 degrees so I have to stick with tropical fish. Hood light is an Eclipse natural daylight 22w.
Here's what it looks like so far. The Penguin intake guard is off right now but it normally has one.
Edit: I just realized it's been exactly one year since my last post on AA. Weird 8O