TropicalChris
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Okay, Let's begin from the start.
When I was 12 my parents got me my first tank, my favorite fish in the tank was the Glass Catfish. I got out of the Army in November and went back to college. Since I couldn't have my dog with me in my apartment, I decided to spend some GI Bill money on a tank that I would keep for awhile.
The day is March 30th and I decided to finally follow through with my plan of getting a new fish tank, conveniently aligned with the local Petco $1 per gallon sale....go figure. I wanted a 10 or 15 gallon tank to ease into the hobby again. But the 29 gallon tank was 29 dollars!
I noticed the GloFish tank and decided to go for a dual look in my tank! I wanted a Glow in the dark tank during the night, and a colorful tropical tank with glass catfish during the day! I had everything planned out with the tank, lighting, food, and possible fish combinations.
My roommates decided to surprise me with my "first fish" for my new tank, 3 weeks ahead of schedule. They knew my plan for a Glow in the Dark tank with a tropical day time tank so they got me a SINGLE GloFish Tetra. I did some research into the tetra and realized it would never be happy without a school. I bought a couple more GloFish Tetras and was planning to begin the cycle. Then my girlfriend showed up with FIVE Neon Tetras because they looked cool at the pet store... I found Fishlore shortly after when I was panicking about the cycle with so many fish already.
Anders gave me some great advice on my first thread here and I learned a ton about Freshwater keeping in a short amount of time. On April 2nd, I added my first batch of TSS and the tank looked a little like this.....
I learned that bamboo was a bad option for an aquarium and decided to throw them out for the upcoming Petco Sale on April 17th. I allowed my tank to cycle and prepared for the sale of fish on April 17th.
The day was here! I added 4 glass catfish, replaced some neon tetras, (I had added some Cory Catfish earlier due to overfeeding issues with the GloFish), I bought some new live plants to replace my current ones that just didn't look right.
I've been fighting some algae and apparently (learned today) a mini-cycle of the nitrogen cycle.
My future plans for this tank include adding more live plants, grasses and mosses with more driftwood, for a natural look and removing anything fake. I have to re-scape everything with a more plant friendly substrate and add some other things that will come later.
Keep checking on this post for updated information and questions by me to the more experienced members!
Chris
When I was 12 my parents got me my first tank, my favorite fish in the tank was the Glass Catfish. I got out of the Army in November and went back to college. Since I couldn't have my dog with me in my apartment, I decided to spend some GI Bill money on a tank that I would keep for awhile.
The day is March 30th and I decided to finally follow through with my plan of getting a new fish tank, conveniently aligned with the local Petco $1 per gallon sale....go figure. I wanted a 10 or 15 gallon tank to ease into the hobby again. But the 29 gallon tank was 29 dollars!
I noticed the GloFish tank and decided to go for a dual look in my tank! I wanted a Glow in the dark tank during the night, and a colorful tropical tank with glass catfish during the day! I had everything planned out with the tank, lighting, food, and possible fish combinations.
My roommates decided to surprise me with my "first fish" for my new tank, 3 weeks ahead of schedule. They knew my plan for a Glow in the Dark tank with a tropical day time tank so they got me a SINGLE GloFish Tetra. I did some research into the tetra and realized it would never be happy without a school. I bought a couple more GloFish Tetras and was planning to begin the cycle. Then my girlfriend showed up with FIVE Neon Tetras because they looked cool at the pet store... I found Fishlore shortly after when I was panicking about the cycle with so many fish already.
Anders gave me some great advice on my first thread here and I learned a ton about Freshwater keeping in a short amount of time. On April 2nd, I added my first batch of TSS and the tank looked a little like this.....
I learned that bamboo was a bad option for an aquarium and decided to throw them out for the upcoming Petco Sale on April 17th. I allowed my tank to cycle and prepared for the sale of fish on April 17th.
The day was here! I added 4 glass catfish, replaced some neon tetras, (I had added some Cory Catfish earlier due to overfeeding issues with the GloFish), I bought some new live plants to replace my current ones that just didn't look right.
I've been fighting some algae and apparently (learned today) a mini-cycle of the nitrogen cycle.
My future plans for this tank include adding more live plants, grasses and mosses with more driftwood, for a natural look and removing anything fake. I have to re-scape everything with a more plant friendly substrate and add some other things that will come later.
Keep checking on this post for updated information and questions by me to the more experienced members!
Chris
