caldwellfam1
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2006
- Messages
- 12
Well, just to update everyone who helped out.... The tank is finally up and running!! THANK YOU for all your help!! It has been up for 4 days now. It was a pain in the butt, I found out all glass changed their hose sizes so that's the reason that the hose the sump filter came with would not fit the overflow output. I ended up taking all the fittings to the LFS and saying I need to connect this to that, and I had to do some creative adapting. I went with a m/d sump and am happy with it, although it is a little louder than I had imagined (no biggie).
So the fishies are happy now.... yes, I know, I am a naughty girl for not cycling it first, but they were seriously about to kick it in the 35 gallon tank. I didn't know if the smaller one was going to make it period. He swam sideways (in the old tank) for about a day or so, but he's doing better. They had just WAY outgrown the tank and I couldn't keep the water stable. I am using Stability in the new one and watching the levels carefully.
So, now on to my next question... The tank came with an ancient strip light, so I am looking to replace it. What do you recommend? We had aqua glo lights in the 35 gal and they really brought out the color in the fish. I want to still use them, I think.
I also like lunar lights so I was looking at this hood: http://cgi.ebay.com/Aquarium-Lighti...7QQihZ018QQcategoryZ46314QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Is this a good choice? Any input on brands, bulbs, etc would be appreciated.
So the fishies are happy now.... yes, I know, I am a naughty girl for not cycling it first, but they were seriously about to kick it in the 35 gallon tank. I didn't know if the smaller one was going to make it period. He swam sideways (in the old tank) for about a day or so, but he's doing better. They had just WAY outgrown the tank and I couldn't keep the water stable. I am using Stability in the new one and watching the levels carefully.
So, now on to my next question... The tank came with an ancient strip light, so I am looking to replace it. What do you recommend? We had aqua glo lights in the 35 gal and they really brought out the color in the fish. I want to still use them, I think.
I also like lunar lights so I was looking at this hood: http://cgi.ebay.com/Aquarium-Lighti...7QQihZ018QQcategoryZ46314QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Is this a good choice? Any input on brands, bulbs, etc would be appreciated.