Well I finally got a new tank for my not so little Red Tail Tinfoil Barbs. Man have they grown in the past year. They are nearly 5 inches now. Anyways, I recently purchase an AGA 55g Kit from the LFS for $189.00. Altho I should've just bought the Topfin 55g Kit from Petsmart for $159.00. The tank from the Topfin kit looked like an AGA and the hood looked exactly like one as well. Oh well. Anyways, I called Petsmart looking for a cheap 55g stand as the cost of lumber here vs a prebuilt tank would be about the same. Come to find out my stand was cheaper than I ever imagined it would cost. I called Petsmart on Friday night and asked if they had a 55g stand. They said they had one stand on clearance for $97. Well I drove to Palmdale on Saturday and when I arrived to Petsmart they had the stand and it was on marked on clearance for $97.46. The box was kind of banged up and it was open so I asked for some assistance to check to make sure everything was there and the shift manager helped me out by taking everything out of the box and checking the list of parts. The best thing of all is he offered me a 50% discount from the clearance price! Wow!!!
So I also grabbed a couple bags of Tahitian Moon Black sand and a Test Kit. Well when I got to the checkout the lady was ringing it up as $71 something and I asked her to get the manager so he could fix it. Well the manager overrode it and put in 50% off and it gave me 50% off $71!!!! I was like holy sh!~... so I bought 40lbs of Tahitian Moon sand, a Test Kit, and a 55g stand for around $105. Talk about a good day.
So me and my fiance head back home and brack some In-n-out on the way home mmmmm.... We get home and start assembling the stand. Takes us about an hour and we get her up and clean it then put the tank on it. Perfectly level woohoo! I didn't rinse the sand because boy is it cold outside. So I put the sand in, threw the water hose in and let it fill up. Of course it's cloudy as hell but oh well. So today I changed the water 3 times and now it's all cleaned up. It's not crystal clear but I will let the Aquaclear 70 work on that.
I installed the AGA 200W heater and let it get up to 76F and moved the fish from the 10g to their new 55g. The fish definately like it much more. Now it's time for them to cycle it. Good luck barbs! I still need to add some rock to make caves as this will eventually become a Cichlid tank.
Anyways, pics coming as soon as I can figure out how to take pics without them being blurry, too dark, or too bright.
So I also grabbed a couple bags of Tahitian Moon Black sand and a Test Kit. Well when I got to the checkout the lady was ringing it up as $71 something and I asked her to get the manager so he could fix it. Well the manager overrode it and put in 50% off and it gave me 50% off $71!!!! I was like holy sh!~... so I bought 40lbs of Tahitian Moon sand, a Test Kit, and a 55g stand for around $105. Talk about a good day.
So me and my fiance head back home and brack some In-n-out on the way home mmmmm.... We get home and start assembling the stand. Takes us about an hour and we get her up and clean it then put the tank on it. Perfectly level woohoo! I didn't rinse the sand because boy is it cold outside. So I put the sand in, threw the water hose in and let it fill up. Of course it's cloudy as hell but oh well. So today I changed the water 3 times and now it's all cleaned up. It's not crystal clear but I will let the Aquaclear 70 work on that.
I installed the AGA 200W heater and let it get up to 76F and moved the fish from the 10g to their new 55g. The fish definately like it much more. Now it's time for them to cycle it. Good luck barbs! I still need to add some rock to make caves as this will eventually become a Cichlid tank.
Anyways, pics coming as soon as I can figure out how to take pics without them being blurry, too dark, or too bright.
