I have been on line the last few days quite often reading as much of these threads as possible, I'm not necessary a fish junky or maybe I am--I've not had a job for many months and inbetween applying for jobs on line and looking elsewhere for jobs I find myself reading fish forums.
I've read that pool filter sand is better for aquariums, especially for the bottom feeders, so yesterday I called a pool supply place and got aprox. 1/2 full bag of sand that the guy had in his garage for 6 dollars. It probably has close to 20-25 lbs. of sand in it, I told him what I was going to use it for and he said in his 26 yrs. of working in the pool buisness he has never heard of people using it for aquariums.
Question #1--I have my 5 gallon aquascene topfin aquarium cycled now, it's been up and running since mid December and I want to put sand into it. It has a dwarf platy and a baby platy or two that hide. Is it possible to change out the rock that are already in it, it has the pea gravel that comes in a large bag that I got from Home Depot which cost aprox. 4.00.
Question #2--We may be moving out of Illinois, or I should say we will be moving out of Illinois this Summer, either to Pennsylvania or Texas or wherever God provides us a place to go. Now, the stupid question is there anyway of keeping my filter and stuff cycled over the long haul or will I have to suck up the losses, which I would hate. Told my wife today that I want a 55 gallon tank setup and since I have a 30 gallon metal stand that houses 2 stands, I'd also like to have 2 29 gallon setups. Of coarse she asked where we would put the stuff until we move, being a wife I can understand the delima for her since we live in a small/medium apartment. But when all you have are 5 and 10 gallons at home it's not much especially if you want to pick fish you'd like instead of having to settle all the time for smaller fish that will fit into smaller tanks.
Thanks, this is really a great site I seem to learn more each time I'm on here, people seem to have so much knowledge and it's nice that everyone is willing to share what they know to help those of us that are novice take better care of what they have, Thanks Again.
I've read that pool filter sand is better for aquariums, especially for the bottom feeders, so yesterday I called a pool supply place and got aprox. 1/2 full bag of sand that the guy had in his garage for 6 dollars. It probably has close to 20-25 lbs. of sand in it, I told him what I was going to use it for and he said in his 26 yrs. of working in the pool buisness he has never heard of people using it for aquariums.
Question #1--I have my 5 gallon aquascene topfin aquarium cycled now, it's been up and running since mid December and I want to put sand into it. It has a dwarf platy and a baby platy or two that hide. Is it possible to change out the rock that are already in it, it has the pea gravel that comes in a large bag that I got from Home Depot which cost aprox. 4.00.
Question #2--We may be moving out of Illinois, or I should say we will be moving out of Illinois this Summer, either to Pennsylvania or Texas or wherever God provides us a place to go. Now, the stupid question is there anyway of keeping my filter and stuff cycled over the long haul or will I have to suck up the losses, which I would hate. Told my wife today that I want a 55 gallon tank setup and since I have a 30 gallon metal stand that houses 2 stands, I'd also like to have 2 29 gallon setups. Of coarse she asked where we would put the stuff until we move, being a wife I can understand the delima for her since we live in a small/medium apartment. But when all you have are 5 and 10 gallons at home it's not much especially if you want to pick fish you'd like instead of having to settle all the time for smaller fish that will fit into smaller tanks.
Thanks, this is really a great site I seem to learn more each time I'm on here, people seem to have so much knowledge and it's nice that everyone is willing to share what they know to help those of us that are novice take better care of what they have, Thanks Again.
