First off, Hello everyone and thanks for creating such a wealth of knowledge for Aquarium owners. I picked up my first Aquarium late last month and I can already tell I have a new hobby for life.
I picked up a 56 gallon tank and stand with hood at Petsmart last week for 224.99 which was really cheap compared to the 30 gallon tank I was looking for. Here are my tanks specs
56 gallon Top-Fin freshwater tank & Stand 30w X 25h X 18d
Filtration: Aquaclear 70
Heater can't remember the brand
Natural Daylight bulb (will have to check the wattage later fish are resting)
Aquarium Timer (right now set to 6am-8pm on it stays light late here in Idaho)
Top-Fin Bubble Wall
Top-Fin AirPump
Live plants about 6 or 7
I know some of that might be arbitrary but you never know. Anyway I got the tank set up 3 weeks ago, with all features and plants. I added Aquarium Pharmaceutical's Stress Coat and Stress Zyne I waited for a week and a half tested the water and then added 4 platys. After another week and a half I added two more platys and two african dwarf frogs.
Question 1: From Gravel to surface the water is about 20 inches deep, is that way to deep for my african dwarf frogs? They seem to be doing just fine so far (about 3 days) but I want to make sure.
Question 2: Is the bubble wall or any kind of airstone really needed? The bubble wall causes air to go into my filter which makes an awful noise and the tank is in my bedroom. I may just try and cover the area of the bubble wall below my filter with something as the fish seem to like swimming against the bubbles.
Question 3: What recommendations do you have for keeping my plants healthy and having them thrive.
Sorry if I put to much in here, I am really excited about owning a tank. Already getting the itch to buy a small one for my desk
I look forward to looking through everyone galleries, and will upload some pictures of my tank asap.
Thanks everyone.
J
I picked up a 56 gallon tank and stand with hood at Petsmart last week for 224.99 which was really cheap compared to the 30 gallon tank I was looking for. Here are my tanks specs
56 gallon Top-Fin freshwater tank & Stand 30w X 25h X 18d
Filtration: Aquaclear 70
Heater can't remember the brand
Natural Daylight bulb (will have to check the wattage later fish are resting)
Aquarium Timer (right now set to 6am-8pm on it stays light late here in Idaho)
Top-Fin Bubble Wall
Top-Fin AirPump
Live plants about 6 or 7
I know some of that might be arbitrary but you never know. Anyway I got the tank set up 3 weeks ago, with all features and plants. I added Aquarium Pharmaceutical's Stress Coat and Stress Zyne I waited for a week and a half tested the water and then added 4 platys. After another week and a half I added two more platys and two african dwarf frogs.
Question 1: From Gravel to surface the water is about 20 inches deep, is that way to deep for my african dwarf frogs? They seem to be doing just fine so far (about 3 days) but I want to make sure.
Question 2: Is the bubble wall or any kind of airstone really needed? The bubble wall causes air to go into my filter which makes an awful noise and the tank is in my bedroom. I may just try and cover the area of the bubble wall below my filter with something as the fish seem to like swimming against the bubbles.
Question 3: What recommendations do you have for keeping my plants healthy and having them thrive.
Sorry if I put to much in here, I am really excited about owning a tank. Already getting the itch to buy a small one for my desk
I look forward to looking through everyone galleries, and will upload some pictures of my tank asap.
Thanks everyone.
J