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Plants! Java Fern Anubias Golden Anubias Coffefolia Vallisneria Water Sprite (floating, not planted) The Java Fern, Anubias Golden, and Coffefolia are from Aquarium Co-Op. Considering the plants were stuck at the post office for two days after arriving, then I didn't have time to plant them for another day, they are looking fantastic! The Vallisneria and water sprite is from a LFS, added as an experiment to see if the fish will tear them up. The driftwood and stones are from two separate LFS's, and the sand is CaribSea. Fish! This Lionchu This Oranda I'll be getting them tomorrow! I was planning to use a 12g to quarantine them, but due to the high temperatures this week, they'll be going straight into the display tank and I'll medicate from there. Only difference is I'll be using way less salt than I'd planned (maybe 1tbsp per 5-10 gallons). Other miscellaneous things...dosing easy green 1x a week, planning to feed repashy and a sinking food (any recommendations? I'm leaning towards either Hikari or Extreme). I have a mini shelf to put above the outlet to keep the wires and surge protector off the ground. To try and keep the temps down, the lid is staying off the tank for the time being, and I'm gonna be running a fan during the day. Tomorrow's update: picking up and acclimating the fish, beginning quarantine treatment!

(It's me. I'm baby.) Getting back into the hobby after a yearlong break. Tank & filtration: 36g bowfront The back is painted with black acrylic Aquaclear 50 HOB (+ aquarium co-op coarse sponge, purigen, minus the top because it rattles a little and that annoys me) Marineland Penguin Filter (+ aforementioned coarse sponge, matrix, spider plant, and rosemary) Lettuce. Not sure if I should count this as part of filtration or part of the plants, but oh well. If it grows, I'm not sure I'll be brave enough to eat it, so it'll probably go to the fist :`D The prefilter sponges I had on hand were way too fine, so I cut into the coarse sponge to create a makeshift prefilter for both HOBs I don't currently have a light big enough for the tank, but that's not a big priority at the moment, just because it is so hot. But next payday I'll probably grab a Nicrew. At the moment, I'm using a little Nicrew meant for a smaller tank (it was bought for my betta, who's sadly passed on.) In the next post I'll add in info about the plants and fish!

Visited an aquascaping store for the first time today; their Mbu Puffer is named Matson. Here's a (very) short video of him, too.

Thanks so much for the idea! I'm planning an island-style aquascape (not like, hula/tiki-themed, but a single block of rocks) so I'll see if I can find a nice piece of driftwood to go along with the rocks.

Hi everyone! Like the title says, I'm from Hawaii. I'm getting back into the hobby, planning a fancy goldfish tank. So obviously, I don't have any fish yet, save for some guppies in ponds outside, but I'll add a picture of my cats, who I'm sure are looking forward to the new arrivals. I've ordered some plants from the Co-Op so I'll have plenty of time to aquascape while the fish are in quarantine. I've anyone has tips for breaking up the line of sight in a tall tank (it's a 36g bowfront, which is 30in tall) let me know! Fun fact: my grandpa used to keep saltwater fish, there was one manini I was fond of (sadly, I don't remember the tank or the fish, who was named Charlie Boy). I'll try to see if anyone has a photo of the aquarium.