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Pick some hearty fish, I used the same tiger barbs to cycle 2 different tanks

I would just add 2 or 3 fish. You should see a mini cycle while the bacteria builds up to eat the new ammonia, once ammonia and nitrites go back to 0 add a few more. Just my opinion and how I stocked my tank.

I just did a Sunsun 703b and absolutely love it! Picked it up for around $70 on ebay. Make sure whatever canister you get, watch the YouTube video from pondguru on supercharging your canister filter.

One way to avoid this all together is get one of those 5 gallon jugs that fit on top of water coolers. You can get them filled with clean purified water for less than $2 a jug at walmart. Since your tank is 29 gallon, one jug would be about a 20% water change and it won't matter what the water...

I would run both filters, over filtration is not a bad thing. What type of filter do you have?

I haven't bought one but after all the research I have done Eheim looks to be the best

He is about 14 inches

[ATTACH]297077He is about 14" hope that helps

I have a fully grown GKF with neons and he doesn't bother them. Just don't feed him anything alive. I like to mix up Ken's shrimp sticks, earthworm sticks and blood worms

Definetly worth the investment, makes water changes very easy! One tip, I put a small piece of tape on the side of my aquarium to mark 25% so I know where to stop taking water out during water changes.

Alex, thanks for the great info! I will definitely do the research. I didn't realize you needed a heat sink, if I do the king of diy version should I wrap the pvc in aluminum foil? Thanks!

Anyone know if it would he ok to wrap the led around the existing fluorescent tube in the stock light case?

Glad to hear he is eating!

Beautiful fish!

Do you have a tube for him? They like to stay in a closed in space. Also if you just got him they take a few days to warm up to the tank before eating. Here is a picture of my knife. [ATTACH]296483