CamaroGurl
New Member
Ok, this is my first time doing a journal. All other tanks were started with my boyfriend's help.
We're going to be setting up a 55 gal (US, and it's 4 ft long) rock tank for Mbunas. At this point I'm not sure what the lighting will be nor what the filter type is, I do know that my boyfriend has about 3 extra filters laying around that will work on the tank. He's talking about taking the hanging filter off his 125 gal and putting it on the 55 gal to jump start the cylce some and then getting another canister filter for his 125 gal. He likes to put more filter on the tanks then they probably really need. I'm also not sure whether I should put only crushed coral on the bottom or if I should do a mixture of coral and sand for the fish to dig in. I think we have more than enough coral already in storage in our shop. BTW, you'll quickly notice that my boyfriend is a fish supply hoarder. I'm not planing on any live plants on the bottom, but what about floating plants? We've aready determend that the tank will go in our dinning room once the 60" TV is out of there and either fixed or out of the house. So how soon we start this is based on how soon the TV is out of the dinning room. I have my choice of fish in poll form, please give me your ideas on which would be better and why. And what has worked for you in the past.
If you've noticed anything I've not thought of yet PLEASE let me know. I'm totally new to all of this and had left my boyfriend to figure out everything about my 30 gal, all I did was tell him what fish I had to have in my tank and he told me everything else. This one, I'm trying to do without much of his help, doing a lot of the leg work myself, though he'll help with the finishing touches.
On a side note, after this tank is done, a fence built, the pond expanded, a few cars back to running, and adding on to our home, we're talking about making a fish room (concrete floors) and adding a salt water tank or two to our collection.
We're going to be setting up a 55 gal (US, and it's 4 ft long) rock tank for Mbunas. At this point I'm not sure what the lighting will be nor what the filter type is, I do know that my boyfriend has about 3 extra filters laying around that will work on the tank. He's talking about taking the hanging filter off his 125 gal and putting it on the 55 gal to jump start the cylce some and then getting another canister filter for his 125 gal. He likes to put more filter on the tanks then they probably really need. I'm also not sure whether I should put only crushed coral on the bottom or if I should do a mixture of coral and sand for the fish to dig in. I think we have more than enough coral already in storage in our shop. BTW, you'll quickly notice that my boyfriend is a fish supply hoarder. I'm not planing on any live plants on the bottom, but what about floating plants? We've aready determend that the tank will go in our dinning room once the 60" TV is out of there and either fixed or out of the house. So how soon we start this is based on how soon the TV is out of the dinning room. I have my choice of fish in poll form, please give me your ideas on which would be better and why. And what has worked for you in the past.
If you've noticed anything I've not thought of yet PLEASE let me know. I'm totally new to all of this and had left my boyfriend to figure out everything about my 30 gal, all I did was tell him what fish I had to have in my tank and he told me everything else. This one, I'm trying to do without much of his help, doing a lot of the leg work myself, though he'll help with the finishing touches.
On a side note, after this tank is done, a fence built, the pond expanded, a few cars back to running, and adding on to our home, we're talking about making a fish room (concrete floors) and adding a salt water tank or two to our collection.
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