Yeah what kind of filter? If you have a little left over make sure to grab an under gravel!
If your broke I can dig up some old plates and you would only need the lift tubes since this seems to be your first 55 im stoked for you this is how it all began for me and soon im going to have a 8-9' X4 foot tank in my living room
Too much light, too much glare (i just polished the glass) Not a good enough camera for fish pix..but thats the tank....FULL OF ALGAE....hopin it dies soon...