Pics of my first tank

This is my first tank. It actually belongs to my son, but I built it. Its a 20 gallon high with a crappy light over top that will be replaced in a week with cfl's and a real hood. The background is driftwood siliconed onto the glass and surrounded by expanding foam(cant remember the name) covered with more silicon. It has a variety of plants in it and Eco complete substrate. Right there are 5 mollies, an oto, 2 Briggs snails and a few ramshorns in it. The water isnt all the way to the top because my son want the Briggs to breed and wants a place for the to lay eggs and its easier to leave it than argue It used to be home to 3 red eye tree frogs, the second picture is what it looked like right after planting and before adding frogs. The tree frog tank was built with a false bottom and a pond in the middle, so the basic set up for turning into an aquarium was already there.

petluvr said:

Tank looks great. The coco fiber isn't giving you any problems with the tank being full of water?

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For the first few weeks there were tons of tannins in the water, it looked like coffee, but thats it. We let it sit for a few days before even turning the pump on, just to soak it and we did A LOT of water changes.

7itanium said:

Nice tank

and I hate to tell u this.. but he is right about the briggs-- the water level needs to be low like that

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LOL, I know Im just not sure why he is so big on breeding them.