Basil
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See my profile for how I ended up with way too many fish in a 29g. The short story is that I took the remaining fish that had not been given away after the passing of my friend's father.
I then set up a 40 gallon breeder and moved some fish to that but had the dilemma of a lone clown loach in the bunch. Not being one to rehome an animal, I decided to just go ahead and set up an appropriate size tank and get him some friends. yes, I know there are opinions that one needs a 125g for clowns but I'm going with the 75 for now.
My wonderful hubby was generous enough to purchase a 75 for my birthday. I've been planning the aquascape for the last 6 weeks and finally got everything together enough to get started.
I have a very large kitchen so it is actually a kitchen tank!

Several hours later, I had the tank up and running. The rocks are local. I first made sure they passed the vinegar test and they did. I forget the name but they are hard, quartz type of rocks. We also have an abundance of fieldstone but that is too soft for an aquarium. Then I soaked, scrubbed, and rinsed with boiling water.
The sand is a mixture of Black Diamond blasting sand and white National Geographic sand. I am doing a 100% planted tank so I just started with a package of 10 easy aquarium plants. I'll see what grows and probably purchase more of that kind. Oh, and I put Seachem Flourish tabs in the sand.
This is the first LED light I have ever used and the blue nighttime light is so cool!
Still a bit cloudy in this picture. Once it clears up, I'll start my fishless cycle.

The middle dark spot on the back of the tank is my homemade java moss wall. Or at least, I hope that is what it will turn out to be LOL! I found the instructions to put the moss between mesh (I used fiberglass screen mesh) and attach to the tank with suction cups. I was hoping to create a sort of waterfall effect, so there is an airstone between the rocks. I attached more moss to the two rocks on each end.
Eventually, I will add a piece of driftwood that goes from the right side of the tank and set it on top of the rocks. I'm still soaking the driftwood. And I am going to try to attach moss to a couple of pieces of PVC pipe as caves for the loaches. Not sure if I will need to score the PVC first or not. I am thinking the moss needs something rough to grab onto?
Here is a closeup of the "waterfall".

I then set up a 40 gallon breeder and moved some fish to that but had the dilemma of a lone clown loach in the bunch. Not being one to rehome an animal, I decided to just go ahead and set up an appropriate size tank and get him some friends. yes, I know there are opinions that one needs a 125g for clowns but I'm going with the 75 for now.
My wonderful hubby was generous enough to purchase a 75 for my birthday. I've been planning the aquascape for the last 6 weeks and finally got everything together enough to get started.
I have a very large kitchen so it is actually a kitchen tank!

Several hours later, I had the tank up and running. The rocks are local. I first made sure they passed the vinegar test and they did. I forget the name but they are hard, quartz type of rocks. We also have an abundance of fieldstone but that is too soft for an aquarium. Then I soaked, scrubbed, and rinsed with boiling water.
The sand is a mixture of Black Diamond blasting sand and white National Geographic sand. I am doing a 100% planted tank so I just started with a package of 10 easy aquarium plants. I'll see what grows and probably purchase more of that kind. Oh, and I put Seachem Flourish tabs in the sand.
This is the first LED light I have ever used and the blue nighttime light is so cool!
Still a bit cloudy in this picture. Once it clears up, I'll start my fishless cycle.

The middle dark spot on the back of the tank is my homemade java moss wall. Or at least, I hope that is what it will turn out to be LOL! I found the instructions to put the moss between mesh (I used fiberglass screen mesh) and attach to the tank with suction cups. I was hoping to create a sort of waterfall effect, so there is an airstone between the rocks. I attached more moss to the two rocks on each end.
Eventually, I will add a piece of driftwood that goes from the right side of the tank and set it on top of the rocks. I'm still soaking the driftwood. And I am going to try to attach moss to a couple of pieces of PVC pipe as caves for the loaches. Not sure if I will need to score the PVC first or not. I am thinking the moss needs something rough to grab onto?
Here is a closeup of the "waterfall".
