NotNowChief
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Here are a few pictures of my 55 Gallon Community Aquarium in our home office I thought I would share. I currently have a common Pleco (about 8-10 inches long), 5 Red Eye Tetras, 3 Candy Cane Tetras, 5 Cory Catfish, 2 Dalmatian Mollies, and 2 Butterfly Lyretail Mollies. It has been set up in this configuration for about 2 months now. In its last iteration it housed the same Pleco and a large Jack Dempsey I had for about 9 years who recently passed away. 
I'd like to add a few more of something to it, I tried some Neons but apparently the Red Eyes or Candy Canes thought they were a snack 
, so they were promptly removed and placed in my spare 5 gallon I keep for quarantine or isolation purposes 
. I have a new 15 gallon column aquarium fishless cycling with a Fluval 206 that will become their permanent home 
. I'll post pictures of that one as well once I get it all set up.
I wanted a more "natural" look as I was growing tired of the same "theme" ornaments from stores, so I picked up 2 large resin driftwood sculptures as my centerpieces and some large plants that have the same colors as the stone background I chose. I run 2 Aquaclear 70s with lots of extra biomedia and prefilter sponges, a 300 watt heater, but no air pump. In case anyone was wondering about the furniture, I tried to be creative and really wanted to accent the tank (and make the room look good too without spending a bundle!). As much as it killed me, I ended up in Ikea
and bought 2 of the Hemnes cabinets with glass doors and a bridging shelf to connect the pieces, and installed the doors so the knobs face each other. Basically, its a home entertainment wall unit without the tv bench as I "substituted" a fish tank. (Please pay no attention to my large Christmas Lights on top of the bridging shelf I just left up because I was too lazy to remove them and put them away in the basement. At this point they are a running joke in my family.) We also ended up getting the matching desk and hutch along with a small side table for the printer. The room actually came together really nice. So, that's my story and my setup, and look forward to participating is discussions here!
I'd like to add a few more of something to it
, I tried some Neons but apparently the Red Eyes or Candy Canes thought they were a snack , so they were promptly removed and placed in my spare 5 gallon I keep for quarantine or isolation purposes . I have a new 15 gallon column aquarium fishless cycling with a Fluval 206 that will become their permanent home . I'll post pictures of that one as well once I get it all set up.I wanted a more "natural" look as I was growing tired of the same "theme" ornaments from stores, so I picked up 2 large resin driftwood sculptures as my centerpieces and some large plants that have the same colors as the stone background I chose. I run 2 Aquaclear 70s with lots of extra biomedia and prefilter sponges, a 300 watt heater, but no air pump. In case anyone was wondering about the furniture, I tried to be creative and really wanted to accent the tank (and make the room look good too without spending a bundle!). As much as it killed me, I ended up in Ikea
and bought 2 of the Hemnes cabinets with glass doors and a bridging shelf to connect the pieces, and installed the doors so the knobs face each other. Basically, its a home entertainment wall unit without the tv bench as I "substituted" a fish tank. (Please pay no attention to my large Christmas Lights on top of the bridging shelf I just left up because I was too lazy to remove them and put them away in the basement. At this point they are a running joke in my family.) We also ended up getting the matching desk and hutch along with a small side table for the printer. The room actually came together really nice. So, that's my story and my setup, and look forward to participating is discussions here!
