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Well wife got a double bright instead of single... so trying that with the hood light, getting a fair algae growth now though. will do a larger water change when I get home tomorrow and test the water again. picked up some fish though, wife had a field day on the local petco 1x banjo cat...

The plants look good. I had ordered the middle package on the website that was supposed to be for the 30gal. It should have only been like 10-12 plants... I ended up with this giant bundle of plants. Not sure if they messed up, but I wound up with probably 50. Several will not make it, as...

Solid info, thank you. Looking into the DIY co2 method as well, not sure if I need it yet though. Petco has this little co2 jobby that says it will work for up to a 60 gal. Ever used that? It's a co2 cartridge thing. Plants scheduled to arrive today, pretty excited. Thanks again. Will try...

Yeah, little peeved on the light. Found a post on another forum for planted tanks that has a ton of light comparisons, with PAR values and such. this one didn't fair well. Gonna check lowes for a hanger temp, then just work towards a good light. Should be fine on frets for a little bit...

I did some more reading on the plants, and it looks like some req med or more light. Is anyone familiar with the led marineland? Thanks for the list, got all but the fish. Gonna let it run for a month first, get a decent cycle.

Mod can close Decided to go planted until I can gather the required equipment for a proper SW tank. Thanks for all your advice, and the message about animal attractions. They were super helpful.

Wewere going to go SW, but it was cost prohibitive right now. Instead the wife ordered, 60 pounds of flourite, a marineland single bright led, and the delux plant pack from live aquaria. I have a 43.6 gallon tank, the strip light it came with, and will pick up new media for the cascade 700...

I got ya now. Will check into this hole bit. The glass says do not drill, though, tempered I think. will bump the DIY section for sumps. Will check back later... Got some lookin to do. Thanks guys,

I am looking around for a full setup for sale before I jump into this tank. Would like a sump, but don't want to deal with the hob overflow. Had intended on purchasing distilled water from walmart. Its cheap, beats the heck out of RO/DI for cost. Water bill is high enough with the grass...

So I got the initial message that said to make an introduction post... We have been in the FW tank keeping habit for around 20yrs, took the last 4 years off from tanks, lived overseas and it wasn't feasible. I just recently moved back to the states though, and have an itch for getting my first...

I have a 43.6 gallon tank according to the calculator I used. Tank interior dimensions are 29.5L x 19.5H x 17.5D. I don't have much aquarium equipment left, but I did keep two canister filters. Cascade 700 Filstar XP2 I have a 10gallon basic home setup I intend to use as a QT. The wife would...