Recent content by DukeMagnum

Thank you guys for the help, but I have a couple more questions... So I got the tank set up, the sand cleaned up super nicely so when I filled the tank everything was crystal clear. However, I couldn't find any ammonia that I could use to start my cycle. It all has surfacants listed. I found...

Ok, I got a tank in march of last year. It's a 30 gallon tank and I posted here about it shortly after getting it. Almost a year later, I'm ready to start getting it up. At the time, I wanted to grow some live plants in the tank. Now I don't think I do. Figuring out lighting and stuff was giving...

The dimensions of the tank are 30'' long by 1' wide... I am thinking that my best option is probably to go for the overhead luminaire, as suggested. I was hoping to have the thing set up by now, but it's taking a while to get everything together. Just to add a little to this... I am concerned...

Thanks, dudes. I will post a more in depth reply to your suggestions, provide some pictures of the top, as well as pose a few more questions a bit later in the week. I have plenty of time to gather the correct information and make a decision since the project is temporarily on hold due to the...

I have read several threads on here in the past month or so after deciding that I wanted real plants in my new tank. I have understood most of what I have read so far, but the one thing I do not understand is the proper lighting for my tank. The tank I am working with here is 30 gallons in size...

Nope, that was just furniture polish and probably better lighting. The only part that may get refinished is the underside of the canopy where some water damage has occurred.

I found the old filter. Well, my dad found it and brought it to me, actually. Anyway, it's a Rena XP1, which I think would be fine... but... it's missing a few things. I would need to buy an inlet and outlet kit (which runs between $40 and $50 bucks), and new tubing. Additionally, I'd want to...

Well, I didn't have any luck finding the filter yesterday. I'm going to go back Saturday and look around again, more thoroughly, hopefully. However, the aquarium is 95% clean and ready to go. I took a before and after picture: The aquarium was a pain to get clean and required multiple...

Thanks again to everyone for the guidance. I have my options narrowed down to a few possibilities. The first is a canister filter that I already own and have never used. I had forgotten about it until I was telling my dad about the tank I had gotten and he told me that he came across my old...

Thank you for the welcome and for the information. I had looked at Eheim since they were highly regarded around here, but I definitely believe the Pro II 2026 is out of the question. It just costs too much. I had looked at the Classic Plus 2213 already. Its turnover rate falls a tad short of...

I am not totally new to fish, as I have had freshwater tanks before as a kid, but this will hopefully be my first experience in setting up and maintaining a tank properly. So, I had been reading and researching about aquariums for about two weeks prior to purchasing the one I did. After...