Billbug68
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hey all! So this morning I finally got around to cleaning out my 5 gallon Fluval Chi. I removed all of the sand, driftwood, plants, and plastic pieces that originally came on it. This tank houses my female Betta, which is actually the first fish my wife and I got. This fish got me in to the hobby, and I want to give her a nice elegant home to live in!
The tanks dimensions are 10x10x12, and I feel it will make a perfect treescape.
Equipment and flora is still up in the air, other than the heater which will be a Hydor 25 watt submersible(already on order), and substrate will be ADA Aquasoil Amazonia(also on order) with MAYBE a sand path.
So guys and girls! I need some suggestions for a good light for this tank, and a good filter! Right now I'm running a cheap palm filter knock off which I found at my LFS, but I don't think it will provide enough flow through the tank. I have an extra set of 13mm lily pipes coming soon, so a low price canister with 1/2" lines may be an option. As far as the light, I was looking at the Finnex clip light with the tube type CFL, or maybe it's a PC bulb, not sure. It needs to be high light though, as I'll be growing HC. Let me know what you guys think!
And here's the DW I found to make the tree
The tanks dimensions are 10x10x12, and I feel it will make a perfect treescape.
Equipment and flora is still up in the air, other than the heater which will be a Hydor 25 watt submersible(already on order), and substrate will be ADA Aquasoil Amazonia(also on order) with MAYBE a sand path.
So guys and girls! I need some suggestions for a good light for this tank, and a good filter! Right now I'm running a cheap palm filter knock off which I found at my LFS, but I don't think it will provide enough flow through the tank. I have an extra set of 13mm lily pipes coming soon, so a low price canister with 1/2" lines may be an option. As far as the light, I was looking at the Finnex clip light with the tube type CFL, or maybe it's a PC bulb, not sure. It needs to be high light though, as I'll be growing HC. Let me know what you guys think!
And here's the DW I found to make the tree