40 gallon tank build!

[Fishandmusic81]

Finally converting my goldfish tank to a tropical community tank!
And so far
Substrate:
2 bags of Eco-complete
1 bag floramax
Lighting:
x2 6700k bulbs
Insta cycling with the old media and another piece of media from my 10 gallon

 

[Fishandmusic81]

And I'm boiling this piece of driftwood

 

[hcourts]

Awsome!! I loved my Eco complete!! What are you wanting to stock with?? Keep posting

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Awsome!! I loved my Eco complete!! What are you wanting to stock with?? Keep posting

Thanks! And yeah looks good so far cleared up nicely
I'm thinking
8 lemon tetras
10 cardinal tetras
10 rummy nose tetras
1 angel fish
And I've read that the substrates too rough for corys?
And will do

 

[Samzter]

Thanks! And yeah looks good so far cleared up nicely
I'm thinking
8 lemon tetras
10 cardinal tetras
10 rummy nose tetras
1 angel fish
And I've read that the substrates too rough for corys?
And will do

Yeah I have 8 panda Cories and I have a Sand substrate and they love it! If you want Cories you might want to consider sand. Smooth , round gravel will be okay though

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

What are you thinking for plants?

 

[hcourts]

I had cories with my Eco and they did good. I just recently moved them all to my 55 which has sand and they love the sand but did fine with the other

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Yeah I have 8 panda Cories and I have a Sand substrate and they love it! If you want Cories you might want to consider sand. Smooth , round gravel will be okay though

Yeah I have sand in my other tanks with corys and I'd but a sand cap but it'd end up mixed up again anyways lol

 

[Fishandmusic81]

What are you thinking for plants?

I'm gonna gave to look and see at what my lfs brings this week
But for right now amazon swords and giant hygro for the background
I really want a lace plant

 

[Fishandmusic81]

I had cories with my Eco and they did good. I just recently moved them all to my 55 which has sand and they love the sand but did fine with the other

Hm I'll look into it hopefully I can have some

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Put the dw in today! got 2 amazon swords and there was 7 lemon tetras left at the store

 

[Fishandmusic81]

That's it as of now

 

[hcourts]

That's a great piece of driftwood!! I would like to find something taller like that!! Looking great!!

 

[Fishandmusic81]

That's a great piece of driftwood!! I would like to find something taller like that!! Looking great!!

Thanks! It wasn't cheap but my lfs id the only place where I could find them that big and they were selling quick so I had to get it lol

 

[animalzrok2]

following

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Bought 5 rummy nose tetras all the lfs had and they looked miserable in the 10 gallon tank they were in getting harassed by the other fish
After a few min of being in their new home their noses look redder

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Bought 5 rummy nose tetras all the lfs had and they looked miserable in the 10 gallon tank they were in getting harassed by the other fish
After a few min of being in their new home their noses look redder

Rummynose are such a great choice for your tank! They will look spectacular! Although they have been known to be a little finicky with water parameters.

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Rummynose are such a great choice for your tank! They will look spectacular! Although they have been known to be a little finicky with water parameters.

They definitely are and yes I've read that too I'm just gonna keep up on water changes and hope they make it
At the baltimore aquarium they have a huge amazon biotope with hundreds of them
And they school very nicely