My best friend talked to his brother and they agreed to get his young niece and newphew a tank for Christmas.
Asides from the obvious need to cycle the tank before adding fish, He was wondering about the easiest tank to do initial setup on for them.
I suggested the Eclipse 12 system since it's pretty "all in one" and should be fast and easy to setup and somewhat easy to maintain. I also suggested he can order that and have it delivered to his brothers house (in another state), then since he is going to visit them for Christmas he can get supplies and stuff there locally. And can also ask for some gravel of such from a LFS to kick-start the cycle.
Is there anybody around familiar enough with the Eclipse 12 to tell me what size biowheel it uses? I was thinking about the logisitcs of starting a Biowheel now on one of my existing tanks of the same size so he could have a well seeded one to take with him on his flight.
Any suggestions? Is there an easier route?
Asides from the obvious need to cycle the tank before adding fish, He was wondering about the easiest tank to do initial setup on for them.
I suggested the Eclipse 12 system since it's pretty "all in one" and should be fast and easy to setup and somewhat easy to maintain. I also suggested he can order that and have it delivered to his brothers house (in another state), then since he is going to visit them for Christmas he can get supplies and stuff there locally. And can also ask for some gravel of such from a LFS to kick-start the cycle.
Is there anybody around familiar enough with the Eclipse 12 to tell me what size biowheel it uses? I was thinking about the logisitcs of starting a Biowheel now on one of my existing tanks of the same size so he could have a well seeded one to take with him on his flight.
Any suggestions? Is there an easier route?
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