setting up for brigs

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Spunky

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I am excited! I am going to get some brigs!! I have to wait patiently for the clutches to hatch and so on, but in the mean time i have some stuff to do to keep me busy. I am selling some wendtii to cover the cost, so i need to read up on that, and then i need to figure out how much and what price. (anyone want some let me know! hehe)

while doing that i am working on the tank. I have a 20 long than some DPs just moved from that will make a perfect home. I had to find a spot for the tank. It ended up in our pantry/laundry room/walk space from the house to garage. I cleared a shelf off of our pantry, the same shelves that i complained to my husband about not having any room left.... :rolleyes:

That room is cold in the winter, perfect in the summer, so i took some leftover insulation and put it on the bottom, back and one side. As you can see i took a scrap piece and slapped the open end.
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I have a left over powerhead and i just need to find a sponge and the filtration should be complete. I left a small amount of water on the sand to keep the bacteria alive, since i too the DPs out 2 days ago.

I did filled it up (not in pic) to keep the algae alive after i moved it to its final spot. I have plans for a couple other tanks to buy a new heater and light. Then the old stuff will complete this tank.
 
Looks great! Don't you love how you can suddenly find space for a fish tank when finding space for cleaning supplies or extra boxes of cereal is absolutely impossible?

One (siilly) reminder since you seem very experienced -- you're gonna want to put something in there to generate bioload while you're waiting for your briggs -- just the water all by itself won't create enough ammonia to keep your bacteria alive.
 
You will enjoy a snail only tank. They are much more active when they don't have to worry about fish poking at them. One word of caution - inverts are addicting. Good Luck!

Side note: That puppy in your avatar is the cutest puppy I have ever seen!
 
You might want to add some guppies in there to curb the mosquitoes. Snails just don't eat mosquito larva and eggs and I have this problem considering I'm from the tropics.

As for the powerhead, make sure the filter intake has a sponge wrapped as it'll suck the snails and kill them.
 
remind away wendamus, you never know on here if someone knows what they are doing or not... unless you have read many of their posts... I have encountered people with double my posts, but seemed to be clueless. I think the amount of posts you read really influences what you know, verses the amount you post. Anyway...

I am going to cycle the tank as normal, but with the bacteria in the sand i should have a jump start. After that i plan on putting some guppies, or fry in there. Once the snails get here, guppies go back. I am just hoping the cycle takes me a bit, because a heater is one of the things this tank needs for a fish to survive. Our house is usually 65 degrees F (hubby likes it cold) and the laundry room about 55-60. We have a north wind that hits the dryer vent outside and the room cools off quickly! Just last week we had temps as low as negative 20, not including wind chill! Today is about 20 above and it feel like a heat wave. i was so excited i wore a skirt to church... ended up freezing because of it, but worth it!
 
Sounds great! Kensfish has some pretty good prices on heaters -- I just bought three more because I've given up on keeping guppies in unheated tanks. I keep my house a regular 72-74, even at night, and they'll hang on to fry for 8 weeks rather than drop in those temps. I don't know how you people in cold climates do it!
 
I can see how inverts can be addicting. I seem to have the same "problem" as lupin... i have a love of loaches and snails. At least i can breed briggs and not worry about what i am going to do with babies, not that i will hatch every clutch, but kuhls still love little snails, and the yoyos will eat about any size. I have the 5 gal with ramshorns for the puffers. I keep dreaming about RCS too.

In april, my hometown has 2 HUGE rummage sales. I already talked my hubby into going and looking for sales. I figure in this economy i have a great change of finding many aquariums. In the past people always had 20s and 29 gallons for sale, which does little for the loach lover in me, however it will work great for the snail lover!

Thanks for the complement on the pup! He is a little cutie. He was 2.5 lbs and 7 weeks old in that pic. He is over 3 months and about 8.5 lbs now.
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The powerhead is going on one of those big cylinder sponges, so no trapping any little snails. Plus i have read so snails eating debris off of it, so it should be great for them. As for mosquitoes, we dont have a problem with it.
 
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