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• May 27, 2020

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Pictures! @Fishmanic @Ccrispii

The driftwood is floating at the top. I still need to add the sand and plants. My sponge filters should be here soon.

I decided I will go with option #2 for scaping and will try #1 with my 10 maybe

 

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• May 28, 2020

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I recalculated the tank volume and got 45 gallons. Not 42. Yay

 

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• May 28, 2020

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My stand! Bad pic, sorry. The tub is my guppy (until I give them away)/ quarantine tank. It will be moved underneath when I get a 20 or 29 gallon to go there next to the 10

Edit, I do need to use a brush to touch up the paint

 

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• May 29, 2020

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And it's up! Fake plants for now. The rock is to weigh down the wood the water is still cloudy frkm the sand

 

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I'm fortunate enough that I live in an area with such low ph and gh that I don't have to cycle my tank, so I just placed and order request for my fish! I'm gonna do a pair of betta pugnax in this tank to start with. I may add some loaches and rasboras later on, or 1 or 2 additional pairs. That is yet to be decided.

 

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I might move my crypt over to the new tank. It's still in its pot because when I bought it I wanted it to acclimate to my parameters before messing with the roots. Should i move it to my big one or my 10 gallon which will house betta smaragdina?

 

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The filters came. Much smaller than expected lol. Should have looked at the dimensions. It said 25 gallon so I was gonna use 2. Do you think it's big enough? It's about 4 inches

 

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• May 29, 2020

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what brand / model filters are they?

 

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Fishmanic said:

what brand / model filters are they?

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They're some off brand ones. I got 4 so could use 3 instead of 2. I was gonna use 1 in my 10 and 1 in my quarantine tank but I could switch things up

 

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I think it will be enough filtration for just 2 fish