Jgeezer1986
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- Jan 17, 2010
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I finally talked my wife into letting me get my 55gal tank from mom and dad and bring it home. Working on cleaning it now, but here is the problem.
The tank sat for a while. It has one penguin bio-filter and a whisper5 filter. I also have a back up whisper5 filter.
The heater got lost so have to buy a new one, no biggie. Gotta buy all the gravel for it and filter media.
With the filters after sitting for approx three years unused, what are some problems i can look for with them right away. The last time the tank was running , they worked great. But after time , do the rubber gaskets on the motors leak?
Also, im looking for some ideas to set the tank up. Im going freshwater again and going with a community tank. I agreed to get rid of the 20gal to make room for the 55gal, well worth the trade. So i have:
4 anacharis plants
4 swordtails
4 zebras
2 cory cats
1 African dwarf frog
I am using new gravel because i have to buy it anyway ,and i want to change the colors. I also want to start a well planted tank so in the future , its going to have java ferns and such.
Anyone got any ideas that I can add to the tank? Looking for something different and original. Maybe something different for the substrate. Brain storming, waiting till saturday to start the cycling of the tank so i can take my time and make it what i really want. Thanks
The tank sat for a while. It has one penguin bio-filter and a whisper5 filter. I also have a back up whisper5 filter.
The heater got lost so have to buy a new one, no biggie. Gotta buy all the gravel for it and filter media.
With the filters after sitting for approx three years unused, what are some problems i can look for with them right away. The last time the tank was running , they worked great. But after time , do the rubber gaskets on the motors leak?
Also, im looking for some ideas to set the tank up. Im going freshwater again and going with a community tank. I agreed to get rid of the 20gal to make room for the 55gal, well worth the trade. So i have:
4 anacharis plants
4 swordtails
4 zebras
2 cory cats
1 African dwarf frog
I am using new gravel because i have to buy it anyway ,and i want to change the colors. I also want to start a well planted tank so in the future , its going to have java ferns and such.
Anyone got any ideas that I can add to the tank? Looking for something different and original. Maybe something different for the substrate. Brain storming, waiting till saturday to start the cycling of the tank so i can take my time and make it what i really want. Thanks