Jill
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all. 
Where to start? I have a tank that measures 20" w x 21" h x 18" d. I bought it off of craigslist because I thought it would look nice in my living room. It came with no bulb, so I bought a 15 watt flourescent for aquariums to use. Now....with the height of the aquarium, that's not going to be enough wattage for plants....is it? Ugh. I don't want the plastic stuff.
I also bought a beautiful piece of driftwood which I intend to boil before placing into the tank. AND I have pool filter sand ready to be rinsed.
Another question....before purchasing this aquarium, I purchased a typical long 29 gallon tank from craigslist. Tank was set up nicely, but I don't like it in my living room, and it doesn't fit into the space that I have. I do have the over the back pouring filter that came with it with a somewhat used filter cartridge in there....should I use that on this tank? The other tank also came with a 8-10 inch pleco that I have no idea whether or not to keep now that I have the new tank. Is he too big for my cube tank? Will he disturb the pfs?
As you can see.....I'm lost. Any help would be much appreciated. I'm SO excited to get started.
Where to start? I have a tank that measures 20" w x 21" h x 18" d. I bought it off of craigslist because I thought it would look nice in my living room. It came with no bulb, so I bought a 15 watt flourescent for aquariums to use. Now....with the height of the aquarium, that's not going to be enough wattage for plants....is it? Ugh. I don't want the plastic stuff.
I also bought a beautiful piece of driftwood which I intend to boil before placing into the tank. AND I have pool filter sand ready to be rinsed.
Another question....before purchasing this aquarium, I purchased a typical long 29 gallon tank from craigslist. Tank was set up nicely, but I don't like it in my living room, and it doesn't fit into the space that I have. I do have the over the back pouring filter that came with it with a somewhat used filter cartridge in there....should I use that on this tank? The other tank also came with a 8-10 inch pleco that I have no idea whether or not to keep now that I have the new tank. Is he too big for my cube tank? Will he disturb the pfs?
As you can see.....I'm lost. Any help would be much appreciated. I'm SO excited to get started.