Nick Y Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hello everyone, I recently rejoined the hobby (due in large part to Cory and Aquarium Co-Op resparking my interest) after being out a long time. I just set up a new 40 gallon tank and am in the process of fish in cycling with black neon tetras. I used fritz turbo start and also bought some zyme 7 to supplement. I also planted dwarf hair grass from the Coop. Hopefully my lighting is good and the plants spread (I also used coop’s root tabs). Below is a picture of the new tank. Anyway just wanted to say hi! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I'm loving the look of your tank, if nothing else. I like the light sand with the dark rocks, all set off by the deep blue background. It will look even greater once that grass spreads. That's the same thing I'm waiting on down here in Maryland, my plants to do their thing and spread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Y Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Thanks! The rocks are XXL lava rocks I bought at Home Depot and the sand is torpedo beach sand from CaribSea. Good luck with your plants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Welcome! I am going with a black background for my 55, but I keep seeing these dark blue backgrounds like yours and makes me hesitate. Well I'm using plasti dip this first time around, so I can change it pretty easily if I decide I don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Y Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Rikostan said: Welcome! I am going with a black background for my 55, but I keep seeing these dark blue backgrounds like yours and makes me hesitate. Well I'm using plasti dip this first time around, so I can change it pretty easily if I decide I don't like it. I am the opposite of you. I wanted and bought the dark blue, but right before I committed to the blue I started to really like the black. Either way I think you can't go wrong. Good luck on your project! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMWNDSR83 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I used black acrylic glass paint as the easy route for my background. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Love the look of the tank! I just got back into it myself a lot of it thanks to Cory as well, and I'm really enjoying seeing my tank mature and evolve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Y Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) Hi @Alison, Thanks! What do you have going on with your tank? What stage in the process are you? Edited September 21, 2020 by Nick Y 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Right now I have a lot of plants growing and a few pairs of killifish swimming around. I have one lone cory cat that is sassy as heck snd wants to school with the killifish. I'm waiting for my lfs to get another shipment in so I can get him some buddies. I very much would like some more killifish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Y Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 9/20/2020 at 10:13 PM, Alison said: Right now I have a lot of plants growing and a few pairs of killifish swimming around. I have one lone cory cat that is sassy as heck snd wants to school with the killifish. I'm waiting for my lfs to get another shipment in so I can get him some buddies. I very much would like some more killifish. Neat! I’m waiting on some sterbai corys myself. I feel like waiting to get new fish is half the fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Nick Y said: Neat! I’m waiting on some sterbai corys myself. I feel like waiting to get new fish is half the fun. Yeah it definitly is! I enjoy the anticipation. I'm not sure when or where I will set up another tank. I'm trying to be conservative as I know a move is in the near future so I'm dragging out setting up this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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