gil_ong
New Member
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....
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....
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