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Hi I am asking this just for fun so don’t take it to seriously but what was your first tank and how bad or how good of a job did you do stocking and taking care of it. I’ll start I’m sure I’ll get roasted in the reply’s for it, it was a 10 gallon with a cheap petco filter meant for a 5 gallon and there was no plants and the stocking was 2 gourami 4-5glow fish I had a couple baby angelfish in there also but when they got biger I Surrendered them after they got like 4 inches and to replace them I a pleco all of these fish lasted no longer than 2 months. I have come a long way from this and would never do this again -
Hey all! I wanted to document my adventure, or I should say our adventure. My spouse and I are curating our very first fish tank for either of us. Getting to the actual planting took months! I'll be adding to this as it grows, and be sure that I'll be asking for help! We both have backgrounds in research, so research we did. First was to catch the sale at Petco for a nice tank and a few other supplies. Then we had to get a stand. I initially thought I was quite the genius and was going to use heavy-duty, 1000 lb. certified wall stud brackets to hold a vinyl wrapped board. I was WRONG. One needs 2 studs for these, and the wall for the tank only had 1. So instead, we purchased a 400 lb. per-shelf certified shelving unit and bracketed THAT to the wall. With paint and some vinyl marble over the wood shelf for water-proofing, I like how pretty it is. Hardscape was next on the list; we went to a local river with some cardboard cut to the size of the bottom and height of our tank. It was an adventure, and we ran into some very confused ducks who appeared to assume we were there to feed them. After some appropriate cleaning and testing for calcium, we had some fun actually laying out our hardscape. Working with heavy rocks inside a glass aquarium was TERRIFYING but well worth it. I even added some curtains to hide the "behind the scenes" supplies and electrics. Of course, I had to play with some macro then... FINALLY, I felt confident enough to purchase plants! I really appreciated the help from @lefty o, @FishyThoughts, @Andy's Fish Den, @Daniel, @Fonske, and others. We really appreciate the direction. We waited for our order to get in (lightning fast by the way) and were ecstatic to spend the evening planting away. I can't wait to see what this grows into! After we're comfortable with the plants growing and the water specs seem right, we'll be getting some guppies to hang out with us. Since we spend most of our lives in this office, we're excited to add life to the space.- 36 replies
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Thank you guys so much for the help and advice! My first tank is up and running! Fingers crossed! If things go well, I'll have some shrimp, a couple of nerites, and a small school of tetras in a couple weeks.- 21 replies
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