My Work In Progress

[BlueGuppy]

Got this tank a few days ago and it came with a common pleco which I traded to get a BN (in my 14 for right now). This tank was a huge mess and I cleaned it from top to bottom. Well $30 for the tank, pleco, stand, decor, and accessories is a really great deal.

It doesn't have much in it right now, cause I am still cycling. Have 4 of my guppies in there just today. Yes I know some of you are gunna chew my head off because I didn't cycle all the way. Well when I cleaned the 14gal I put that water into the newer tank and put the new filter in the 14gal while i was cleaning the bigger tank. So I have at least some of the old bacteria in the new tank. I also am doing a 20-30% water change a day and checking my water 2 times a day. I have done this many times when getting a new tank and never lost a fish. Also I only put a couple of fish in after day 3.

It looks brown cause I think it's because the back of the tank is painted silver and also cause the lighting. I stole the hood from my 14 because this one didn't have one.

Gunna get another better filter for it and also get some nice decorations for it, also gunna get some nice real plants for it too.


My 14gal

 

[shahrezsyed]

there is virtually no bacteria in the water.....only in the filter and very little on the surfaces

 

[Curiosity101]

^^ Agreed.
However if you squeeze some of the filter gunk from a mature filter pad onto the new filter pads. This should seed it, speeding up the cycle.
Or even better, tranfer a bit of the filter media from the 14gal and into the new tank and new filter.

 

[BlueGuppy]

Oh i did, but thanks for the advice =)
Doing great today!

 

[fishmad135]

You have done the same thing i did...

when i cleaned out my mature tank i used about 3/4 of that water in my new tank and put 1/4 of fresh water in. i also used some old filter media and some live plants from another tank. i added my betta and zebra danios the next day.. they are still alive and kicking

nice guppies!! Do you no wether you can keep 1 male guppy in a community tank with no other guppies??

thankz, Immie

P.s my tank newest tank

it looks a wierd shape but it is because i took it at a strange angle. 40 litre

 

[BlueGuppy]

lol thanks. Just added my 2 live plants today. Hoping to put some of the small fry in tommorrow if my lvls stay the way they are. Hopefully by the end of the week, I could put my otos and Pleco in (well feeding them tabs and zucchini to make up for food).

Those are only 4 of total 15 guppies I have. Most are fry and 7 are adults.

I have had a guppy female by herself for 6 months with 2 platys before and they did fine, so a male with a community by himself should do fine too. Also the female with the yellow tail I got from a lady that had her by herself a whole year.


Oh also very nice setup...clean and love the plants! =)

 

[paul_219]

Very nice tank, looking great.