Just Bought A New Tank!

[ellena]

I've been watching an aqua40 on eBay and just won it. I didn't want to pay more than £15, but I got carried away and put £20 That's never happened to me before.
I missed one the other day as my phone alarm didn't go off to remind me. It was a half hexagon and went for £6!
Anyway, I've got this one now. I've got a heater for it, but it's got no filter so need to think which will be best. Don't want a sponge one as I plan to use a bubble wall as part of the design.
It's 25 or 27l, depending which website you look at. Footprint is 33x30cm. I want to keep a betta in it and was hoping to have a shoal of pygmy cories too. Would this be big enough?

 

[aly_starh]

Brilliant!!!

was it pick-up or post?

A betta would love that space!
as far as cories go, id say 3 max.

 

[ellena]

Thanks for the reply. I'm not going to bother with the cories unless I can have a shoal-at least 5-6.
Tank is a pick-up. I'm not getting it yet though as there's another the same going tomorrow night in the same area, so I'll see if I win that, then I can get them both and save petrol

 

[Forestpisces]

With pygmy cories you could easily do 6 in there, congrats on te cheap tank

Mine always seem to add up

 

[ellena]

Thanks forestpisces I think I'll get him settled and then see about adding some.
Just trying to think of names for them. For the white one, I have nimue, a celtic moon goddess and kymook, thai for pearl.
Only idea I have for the mg one is sammy. This is the name of the mansfield town fc mascot, sammy the stag, and their colours are yellow and blue. Might make H a bit more receptive?
Hmmm, or maybe dijon...that could work.

 

[Forestpisces]

One of my bettas is called djin, he's my PK i bought for £1.25 because he was in with the girls.

 

[Azeron]

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[ellena]

Sorry, I don't have one. I've asked the website lady to send them to me as they've been removed from the site now I've bought them.

 

[ellena]

Sorry, got 2 threads on the go atm Here's the tank

 

[ellena]

I think I got a bargain! Just picked it up and it's very substantial. 1 betta is going to be positively rattling around it
It doesn't have the curved corners of the pic above though, although it is definitely labelled aqua 40. Maybe it's an old model?
Loads of extras with it too-I'm going to have loads of fun setting it up

Think it is an older model-it's this one, with the black corners and curved front

 

[Nick16]

so where does the 'its huge' come into it? its 40L, i have a bucket i do w/c's in thats 40L.
but it does look quite a modern design i have to admit!

 

[Haych]

let her be excited!

i think its gonna look fab!

 

[mr130gallon]

i also wonder how its huge, my 130 gallon just seems 'big' to me now.

are you from mansfield town, ellena?

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Haha I was kinda confused too. My qt tank and wc bucket (trashcan) are bigger.

Regardless, it should look great! Hope you have fun with it.

 

[Haych]

it is for a betta so its big for a betta, never mind what your buckets are like!

i think bragging isnt what ellena wants, i'm chuffed for ya hun