Tony G.

I just spent the last hour and a half filling up my tank, and getting the filter going. It was ridiculously loud in the beggining, and it really bugged me. i played around with it and now you can barely hear a humm out of it

anyway, i am about to finish rinsing the last couple bags of gravel and adding the deco. I was thin king maybe doind 3 inches of gravel at the bottom? also, i am going to heavily aquascape, making it look like a sunken tree, some large branches, lots of large rocks, and lots of plants. I am about to begin cycling the tank. The filter is about a foot big! it is tremendously huge, but it does 360 GPH, so i think its good enough. The filter, ahs a slot for a cartrige bag with carbon, but i havent began using it, and am likely not to use it. It has 2 large compartmens with sponges and in the inside it carries a tube with 6 bioballs


As far as stocking goes, i am going to give Angels a try. This is my stocking list so far:

2 angels ( most likely marbled)
6-7 red eyed tetras
6 cory cats

thats my list so far.
just thought i would share




ps pics soon!

Shawnie

wheres the pics dude? LOL I wouldnt go more than 2 inches of subtrate..the more you go , the messier it gets and harder to keep clean..but thats just me PICS PICS !

Tony G.

lol!
ok so less than 3 inches?
well im working on getting the pics

MissMTS

Sounds great Tony! I can't wait to see the pics Are you doing live plants in the tank?

btate617

Awesome Tony Good luck getting everything going.
I agree a little less gravel.

Brian

Tony G.

Miss MTS, at the moment, i am not going to do live plants, but i will try it in the future, in this tank

Thanks brian


well here are the pics of what it looks like now. I deffinatly want to get more plants and gravel, but its all i could afford at the moment

The second pic is of the Power head that attatches to the filter, it is HUGE! its the size of the box haha

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Shawnie

its coming along awesome! Im so happy for you to be able to have a bigger tank...you worked hard for it!

Tony G.

lol if o told you how much i struggled for it, u wouldnt believe me! I had to paint a womans house to get enough $$$ for the filter. I was exposed to dangerous fumes, got headaches from the fumes, got a little happy from the fumes (if you know what i mean)
lets just say im glad to be done with that and just stare peacefully at my tank

Shawnie

tony you are willing to work for what you want..and you do that daily...not many young folk your age are that willing and I again am very happy for you and paint fumes are not good for the brain when you go to college LOL

Tony G.

oh i didnt tell you. I got fired from the taco restaurant! it broke so i couldnt stay, and i had to keep up with tha MTS so i have been doing jobs here and there and managed to save enough for this big fella

Bump for lucy

Shawnie

she will see it ..

capekate

Hi Tony
Your tank is looking great!

Tony G.

lol ok ok....


thanks kate!



UPDATE!!! JUST GOT AN ammonia SPIKE!!

bolivianbaby

Wow, Tony! Your tank is looking wonderful. The rocks look fantastic! Is that the driftwood you were cleaning the other night?

Tony G.

Thanks!
Lol yes its yesterday's DW

lol the rocks i usually go around the neighborhood and pick the rocks i like. I soak them and scrub the heck out of them and then add them to an established tank to get it established. Then i add it to the tank

lol you should have seen my 10g and the 2.5's with all the sponges, plants, rocks etc.

bolivianbaby

Do you have any pics?

Tony G.

lol no... it wasnt a very "pretty photo" moment lol


cant wait for tomorrow! im hoping to have some nitrites by tomorrow morning

bolivianbaby

That's okay. We KNOW you're going to keep pics coming to us of this tank, aren't ya