Ok so I'm new here and still consider myself a noob to the fish hobby world.
I bought just the 40 gallon tank today with nothing else. I plan on buying bits and pieces every week when I get my pay check. So here come the many many many questions!
Honestly I have no idea what fish to put in this tank. While picking up my tank I talked to the fish lady at the pet store who just confused the heck outta me lol. I guess I'll have to get a list of a bunch of fish or something and figure out exactly what I want to get and if they are even compatible. I plan on doing a fish-in cycle. I already have a 10 gallon aquarium that I can steal stuff from to make it cycle better.
I plan on having plants (can you have plants even though you don't have those CO2 pressurized things I was reading about?)
I want to use sand as a substrate instead of the rock stuff. It seems to be the easy to clean from what I have read. But I've read of people using different types of sand! Adding to more of my confusion. What type of sand should I get? I heard you can use play sand but how would you filter that to make sure it's clean before you put it in the tank. I've also heard of plant substrate if you are keeping plants, should I use this type of substrate if keeping plants? . . . What if I wanted a colorful sand, like blue or black or something is there something like that out there?
So far for equipment in the tank I know I have to get:
Should I get an air stone of some sort? I bought one with my 10 gallon aquarium but the thing wouldn't make bubbles . . . So I ended up throwing the thing out along with the air pump!
Thanks for reading!
I bought just the 40 gallon tank today with nothing else. I plan on buying bits and pieces every week when I get my pay check. So here come the many many many questions!
Honestly I have no idea what fish to put in this tank. While picking up my tank I talked to the fish lady at the pet store who just confused the heck outta me lol. I guess I'll have to get a list of a bunch of fish or something and figure out exactly what I want to get and if they are even compatible. I plan on doing a fish-in cycle. I already have a 10 gallon aquarium that I can steal stuff from to make it cycle better.
I plan on having plants (can you have plants even though you don't have those CO2 pressurized things I was reading about?)
I want to use sand as a substrate instead of the rock stuff. It seems to be the easy to clean from what I have read. But I've read of people using different types of sand! Adding to more of my confusion. What type of sand should I get? I heard you can use play sand but how would you filter that to make sure it's clean before you put it in the tank. I've also heard of plant substrate if you are keeping plants, should I use this type of substrate if keeping plants? . . . What if I wanted a colorful sand, like blue or black or something is there something like that out there?
So far for equipment in the tank I know I have to get:
- Tank Hood with light fixture (Does it need to be a special bulb? or can I just use the one that comes with the hood?)
- A filter (Would you guys just recommend me buying a filter that just is for a 40 gallon or should I buy a filter that is able to filter a larger aquarium?)
- A Heater (should I get two 20 gallon heaters and put one on each side of the tank instead of just one 40 gallon heater?)
Should I get an air stone of some sort? I bought one with my 10 gallon aquarium but the thing wouldn't make bubbles . . . So I ended up throwing the thing out along with the air pump!
Thanks for reading!