hey guys,

i'm new to keeping fish and hope to learn lots from here.

rdd1952 's son on NASIOC (chkltcow) pointed me over here. he and a few others over there have been a GREAT help, but he figured i would get more/better advice/suggestions here.

for all intents and purposes, i should be considered a pure noob when it comes to fish.

here's my journey so far.

03-10-08 - picked up a 20-gallon (tall) tank off craigslist.

03-11-08 - cleaned the tank and gravel, and filled it with water.

03-12-08 - borrowed a filter and heater from a friend until mine got here.

03-13-08 - bought 3 red wag platies from a local fish store to get the cycle started.

03-16-08 - my stuff arrives in the mail! AquaClear 30 filter, Visi-Therm Stealth 75W heater.

03-27-08 - same friend retrofitted my stock hood with a 55W CFL at 6700K.

03-29-08 - witness 2 of the platies sexoring.

03-30-08 - added a 5-sided reflector from AH Supply.

early April - beginning to get VERY impatient.

04-07-08 - added 2 pieces of drift wood at the wife's insistence to make the tank look pretty.

04-08-08 - traded in one of platies (which was bullying the other two, maybe cos he didn't get any), and bought 2 peppered cories, two red indian swords and two rotola wallichi.

04-10-08 - added a surface skimmer cos i was getting a nasty film on the surface.

04-12-08 - ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate between 5 and 10. YAY!!!

04-13-08 - added 8 neons tetras and a piece of petrified wood.

here's a pic of the tank taken on sunday.



my short-term plans for the tanks are as follows:
4 more cories
some shrimps and snails.
more plants!
replace current substrate with sand (i just like how sand looks)/flourite/eco-complete
some sort of damper to attenuate the shock that gets transmitted to the tank from furniture moving around, when we're rough-housing with the dog....

This post has been edited by gil_ong: Apr 15 2008, 01:34 PM

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OH! my friend just remionded me. i gotta hit up petco or something at lunch to pick up one of those boxes for the mummy platy.

can someone shed some light on this.

the female platy is quite swollen, very lethargic, a little testy, and i don't think she's really eaten in the last 3 or 4 days. also, the male is staying by real close just about all the time. he might wonder off for a little, but never fro more than a minute or so. he isn't eating muhc either.

This post has been edited by gil_ong: Apr 16 2008, 12:58 AM