JS Fish Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 (edited) This is a tank I got a little bit ago for free from a teacher who was moving from my school. It is a five gallon tall tank with a built in filter system. I set this tank up by starting with a roughly inch deep layer of fine gravel. Then I put ontop a layer of sand about an inch deep in the front and 2 inches deep in the back. After, I put two peices of wood from my backyard into the tank along with some small river stones and a fossil. Later I found a tank decor that is a big hollow river stone with two big holes in it making a cave. For plants, I used water wisteria, java moss, dwarf hair grass, micro sword, water salvinia, and duck weed. I also have a peice of pothos with its roots in the tank as extra filtration. At first it was home to a small pet bass. I bought him 3 little feeder guppies and 2 feeder shrimp for him to eat. He ate two of the guppies but none of the shrimp. After the bass who I named Boomy wasn't doing so well, I released him back where I found him and found that my single guppy was pregnant. Since this, my guppy has had around 14 fry and my shrimps have passed. Here's the tank now: Now I'm building a backyard pond I plan to eventually use to house these guppies and some comet goldfish. Edited July 18 by JS Fish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Can’t wait to follow! Looks great!!! @JS Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 On 7/18/2024 at 5:31 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Can’t wait to follow! Looks great!!! @JS Fish Thanks! @Whitecloud09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricksonAquatics Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 I love the idea of a guppy pond! They will be so happy out there. If you plan on moving the guppies to the pond, are you going to put anything different in the 5g? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 On 7/18/2024 at 9:19 PM, EricksonAquatics said: I love the idea of a guppy pond! They will be so happy out there. If you plan on moving the guppies to the pond, are you going to put anything different in the 5g? Thanks. Most likely. I'm thinking of moving my bumble bee goby to this five and maybe going with rocket killifish and shrimp! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 On 7/18/2024 at 10:43 PM, JS Fish said: Thanks. Most likely. I'm thinking of moving my bumble bee goby to this five and maybe going with rocket killifish and shrimp! Sounds awesome! Just hearing the idea of a guppy pond is great! I cannot wait to see what it looks like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Here's a video I posted of this tank on my YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 7/22/2024 at 6:48 PM, JS Fish said: Here's a video I posted of this tank on my YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy! Hmmm, not showing up for me rn, but I can watch on YouTube! I am subscribed! Thanks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 On 7/22/2024 at 7:22 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Hmmm, not showing up for me rn, but I can watch on YouTube! I am subscribed! Thanks!!!! Thanks @Whitecloud09 Not sure why it's not showing up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On 7/23/2024 at 8:05 AM, JS Fish said: Thanks @Whitecloud09 Not sure why it's not showing up It is ok, I just watched it!!! Great looking tank and awesome little gups! Very cool!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 On 7/23/2024 at 8:07 AM, Whitecloud09 said: It is ok, I just watched it!!! Great looking tank and awesome little gups! Very cool!!!! Thanks! I just recently figured out how to add music to my youtube videos which seems to help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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