As some of you may have read in my other thread, I had thought about moving my fish from my 45 gallon and 55 gallon into a 75 gallon.
Yesterday I did it!
The pic is terrible because I had to use the flash. There's only 30 watts of light over this tank, so it's not so easy to photograph, but the effect is kinda cool. There's another spot behind those lights for more lighting, so I can add more later if I want. I'm stuck with this plastic hood, because the tank is old and was built without a center brace so I can't get a Versa Top for it.
I moved the gravel and heater over from the 55, added another bag I had sitting around, and used the Emperor 280 and Emperor 400 from the 55. I added a Cascade 1000 canister as well. After the Cascade becomes seeded, I'll phase out the Emperors and replace them with 1 or 2 Aquaclear 300s. I can't take the noise from the Emperors anymore!
I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, but I'll probably add some more rocks later. I spent about $20 on this setup, which is pretty cool. The tank, stand, and Cascade were all given to me, and everything else is stuff I already had. I bought 2 new bulbs and a stick-on background, and that's it.
The stock list is:
2 blood parrots, my first cichlids, bought before I considered the ethics of hybrid fish
1 gold severum (see avatar)
1 firemouth
2 female convicts
1 dwarf green pike cichlid
3 yellowtail botia
1 rainbow shark
I'm watching for aggression, but things are going well so far.
Yesterday I did it!
The pic is terrible because I had to use the flash. There's only 30 watts of light over this tank, so it's not so easy to photograph, but the effect is kinda cool. There's another spot behind those lights for more lighting, so I can add more later if I want. I'm stuck with this plastic hood, because the tank is old and was built without a center brace so I can't get a Versa Top for it.
I moved the gravel and heater over from the 55, added another bag I had sitting around, and used the Emperor 280 and Emperor 400 from the 55. I added a Cascade 1000 canister as well. After the Cascade becomes seeded, I'll phase out the Emperors and replace them with 1 or 2 Aquaclear 300s. I can't take the noise from the Emperors anymore!
I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, but I'll probably add some more rocks later. I spent about $20 on this setup, which is pretty cool. The tank, stand, and Cascade were all given to me, and everything else is stuff I already had. I bought 2 new bulbs and a stick-on background, and that's it.
The stock list is:
2 blood parrots, my first cichlids, bought before I considered the ethics of hybrid fish
1 gold severum (see avatar)
1 firemouth
2 female convicts
1 dwarf green pike cichlid
3 yellowtail botia
1 rainbow shark
I'm watching for aggression, but things are going well so far.
