Recent content by TeenerFish

Very intersting! Thanks for that. This really helps. Fish are our pets too and we should treat them accordingly and with respect

Oh wow great article! As a novice I never really thought about it. Now when I think back I see there are a few ways my fish would have been stressed abouthat, the abrupt lighting being one of them. I will also have to school my family as to how to act around the tank. I am sure they will want to...

I think I forgot to say thanks after your last comment. So sorry! I donly thankle you for all the wonderful info. Oh and my strip light is not Marineland (that was just the glass canopy. I Re-read the bulb and it is T8 for sure so will start with that. Will use the timer. Just curious......is...

Thanks again!

Eclipse Marineland F1818 Natural Daylight Coralife Spectramax F20-T12-BP Guess I thought the top one said T8. Instead the hood it is in says it can use any of the 3 (T8,T10,T12). Thx

Good to know about the Cherrys. Oh and I did look and I have both a T8 and T12 Florescent bulbs. Are one of these ok for the plants you touched upon? Can I use a timer for day/night? And with this info I will give you a break and check back in when I get started. I will take pics along the way...

What do you think of Cherry Barbs instead of Pencil? I used to have those with my Glows. See they a bit more sensitive?

Well ok, my brain Sooooo I could add to my initial 8 ea of Glow, Neon, & Panda Cory.....9 Pencil or Penguin (not both), and 9 Silver Hatchet? Are these optimal numbers for some natural behavior?

Never mind about the scenario....I didn't see the bottom of your last response. I see it now. I can'tell wait to start cleaning and planning

So can u just give me a scenario with how many fish in the most amount species I could eventually work up to with my set up (with branches)? So we have 8 Glows, the 8 Neons, 8 Panda Cory's. How many more species and how many of each would you estimate? You noted the Silver Hatchet (2?), the...

Thanks Byron! Super excited when I figure out how to rate on the site you will have excellent 100%+ from me!

Here's a quick pic of my tank, stand, 3 hardscape items, hood, 305 Fluval, Multi-Outlet.

I will do some research for types of wood I can use. I can look online for artificial too. I will set my sights on 8 Glowlights, 8 Neons, and maybe 8 Panda Cory Cats. You mentioned I could maybe have another species for the top but this looks maxed out inch of fish wise, to me. Feel free to...

This is fantastic info! Thanks so much. One clarification......when you say "branches"...are these real or man-made? I will post a pic of the 3 tank decor items that I have so u can assess. Getting more and more excited to someday (hopefully not too far in the future) get my tank going again! I...

Beautiful! The 29 is striking! Yeah my 1 bulb says 120Vac/60 Hz/20w. I will probably get a new hood/lite. I have been out of the loop for so long....not sure I'very ever seen 2 rubes. Maybe I should get LED? So assuming I do sand you say I can plant in the sand. So cool. I guess I falsely...