flyingcow Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) Well hey there, and greetings from New Hampshire! I kept fish for my entire childhood (mostly in a 10 gallon tank my mother still has), but haven't had any for the past 20 ish years. This year, my wife got me a 36 gallon bowfront for my birthday, and I'm stoked to jump back in! We got the tank a couple of weeks ago, and I'm in the process of doing a fishless cycle on it, while accumulating plants in a 5 gallon quarantine tank (which is already starting to be a learning experience). This is going to be my first real attempt at a planted tank, so I'm sure I have a ton to learn! I am putting my chemical engineering background into play and refusing to use our super high pH water without treatment, so I'm building RO water up to something a bit more palatable for South American fish. I'm pretty sure when the RO was set up was when my wife started regretting getting the tank... but she married an engineer, so jokes on her! I'm planning on bringing home a couple of Bolivian Rams, some sort of schooling fish (Rummynose? Colombian? Emperor?), and possibly an angel or a pair of keyhole cichlids. I guess when I get home, I'll get some pictures and start up a journal. Seems like a good place to document these shenanigans. Edited August 16, 2022 by flyingcow typos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Welcome. Looking forward to reading along on your journey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotatoFish Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Welcome! By fishless cycle, did you mean plants or no plants in the tank? Cory's video on cycling might be worth watching. The scientist in me was like "*nods* mmmhmm, yeah, that makes way more sense than what I was doing before...damn, why didn't I do that?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcow Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) On 8/17/2022 at 12:19 AM, PotatoFish said: Welcome! By fishless cycle, did you mean plants or no plants in the tank? Cory's video on cycling might be worth watching. The scientist in me was like "*nods* mmmhmm, yeah, that makes way more sense than what I was doing before...damn, why didn't I do that?" Thanks! It's a plant out cycle. I have plants hanging out in a 5 gal quarantine tank (my dwarf sag isn't doing well, but everything else is). I started the cycle before seeing Cory's video and reading Diana Walstad's book. I'm still forming an opinion on all of this (especially how it is substrate and somewhat pH dependent), but I decided to stick with Dr. Tim's method since that's how I started it. Next tank, I'm gonna get the plants right in and do some science! Edited August 18, 2022 by flyingcow typos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Glad to have you on board @flyingcow. If a light came as part of your 36 G package it may not be adequate for a planted tank. There is a great thread in "Community Resources" on the Fluval Planted 3.0 LED Scheduling that most engineers will enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcow Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 5:13 PM, John Henry said: Glad to have you on board @flyingcow. If a light came as part of your 36 G package it may not be adequate for a planted tank. There is a great thread in "Community Resources" on the Fluval Planted 3.0 LED Scheduling that most engineers will enjoy. oh yeah, a fluval 3.0 was bought less than 48 hours after I bought the tank 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Welcome! It sounds like you’re off to a good start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcow Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 I put up a little bit more detail on the project over here! On 8/17/2022 at 5:13 PM, John Henry said: Glad to have you on board @flyingcow. If a light came as part of your 36 G package it may not be adequate for a planted tank. There is a great thread in "Community Resources" on the Fluval Planted 3.0 LED Scheduling that most engineers will enjoy. Forgot to mention, that fluval 3.0 scheduling thread is how I heard of aquarium co-op... then I found a Youtube channel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJs Aquatics Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Welcome, always excited to interact with a fellow hobbyist, excited to see how things progress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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