hpiguy
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First New Tank In Almost a Decade, 55
Got out of indoor fish for quite some time, been working on outdoor ponds, waterfalls, bamboo features.
Got a wild hair about setting up a tank again, so I dug everything out and got to it recently. Like riding a bike, you never forget how.
55 gallon Aqueon and stand, running two Penguin 200s. One for mechanical filter with carbon and replaceable cartridge, and one that I rigged with a thin prefilter, then foam inside with the biowheel running as usual as a bio filter that will only be rinsed as needed (back in the day this was the way to do it if you only wanted h.o.t. filters). Two Jager 150Ws, one runs this summer, both will be turned on in winter as I keep the house very cool. One heater would never keep up or keep a constant temp across entire tank. Plus I'm a fan of the backup system methods in case of a failure. Mild aeration. Caribsea gravel substrate, 80lbs.
I changed the stock purple 8000K bulbs out for some white 5000K Phillips Daylight bulbs. I personally cannot stand the purple glow look of stock bulbs.
Still a bit cloudy, but fading fast.
Planning on all community fish, small, lightly stocked. Tetras, cory's and such. I'll decide when I get to stocking it.
Here is the result:
Picture is with cell phone, so I can't get it perfect. I can try to get better shots if you decide you want to see more.
Got out of indoor fish for quite some time, been working on outdoor ponds, waterfalls, bamboo features.
Got a wild hair about setting up a tank again, so I dug everything out and got to it recently. Like riding a bike, you never forget how.
55 gallon Aqueon and stand, running two Penguin 200s. One for mechanical filter with carbon and replaceable cartridge, and one that I rigged with a thin prefilter, then foam inside with the biowheel running as usual as a bio filter that will only be rinsed as needed (back in the day this was the way to do it if you only wanted h.o.t. filters). Two Jager 150Ws, one runs this summer, both will be turned on in winter as I keep the house very cool. One heater would never keep up or keep a constant temp across entire tank. Plus I'm a fan of the backup system methods in case of a failure. Mild aeration. Caribsea gravel substrate, 80lbs.
I changed the stock purple 8000K bulbs out for some white 5000K Phillips Daylight bulbs. I personally cannot stand the purple glow look of stock bulbs.
Still a bit cloudy, but fading fast.
Planning on all community fish, small, lightly stocked. Tetras, cory's and such. I'll decide when I get to stocking it.
Here is the result:
Picture is with cell phone, so I can't get it perfect. I can try to get better shots if you decide you want to see more.