Hello from Burlington, VT

[MadRiverPat]

Hey everyone,

New to the forum here and relatively new to the fish keeping hobby. About a year ago I decided to pick up my first aquarium since my turtle tank I had as a kid. Planted some basic plant species and started my fish keeping without much experience and added a few white skirt tetras. Had some fish come and go. Learned a lot. Then when my tank was filled to the brim I decided the next logical upgrade for my current scenario is my 40 breeder. I am roughly 2 months in and am loving the added space with this footprint. Definitely caught a bit of a bug with these tanks. I really enjoy the ecosystem concept of fish keeping and love plants. Still learning a bunch and can't wait to see where this tank takes me. I have been reading this forum since the beginning and love how helpful you all are for every level of aquarium own from first timers to multi decade enthusiasts.


Happy fish keeping!


MadRiverPat

 

[Convict2161]

Welcome to AA!!

 

[bigbanker]

Welcome to the forum! I'm interested in seeing your tanks!

 

[MadRiverPat]

Thanks! The 10 gallon is getting some new gravel so looks empty at the moment. Also moving around the 40 so I'll post a recent picture before more plants got added. Here is the 40. Definitely looking for some suggestions. Looking to add some more driftwood and some addition plants. Once I get my computer up and running I'll post some dslr photos of the current design.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Nice tanks! Welcome to AA!

 

[MadRiverPat]

Just cleaned out the 10 gallon of the old blue gravel I started with. Replaced it with Eco complete and some of the drift wood from the 40. I also picked up a pretty unique pair of mollies from panama. Hoping to set up the 10 as a planted breeding tank for them to start off.

 

[Cichlid ism]

Welcome & tank looks very nice!

 

[MadRiverPat]

Finished rescaping the 10 gallon. I think the eco-complete is throwing off my pH like it did in the 40 breeder. Using the same filter from before that already has a bit of bacteria built up. Will be doing a big water change to see how that helps.

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Looking nice! I really like your driftwood, is it natural?

 

[Starfox64]

Welcome to the forum

 

[MadRiverPat]

Looking nice! I really like your driftwood, is it natural?

Thanks, yeah it's Malaysian driftwood that I picked out of a tank at the lfs. Really unique piece. Couldn't find a place in the 40 for it that could beat the way it looked in here.

 

[MadRiverPat]

Welcome to the forum

Thanks, love the look you've got with the plants in your 110.

 

[Starfox64]

Thanks, love the look you've got with the plants in your 110.

Thanks it took me a minute to realize you were talking about me