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Nick. The floating plants. What are they? They look nice. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

That tree stump is going to look awesome!!! Mind me ask how much a piece like that goes for? Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Where did you get your black sand from? I just went through the same process with black diamond blasting sand from Tractor Supply.

I tested my tap water with the following results. What does it all mean? My goal is to set up a 55g community tank with some live plants. PH: 7.6 High PH: 7.8 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 GH: 14 drops needed to turn from orange to green KH: 9 drops needed to turn from blue to yellow

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Nicely done. What did you use to paint/stain it? Is the white/gray color the prime?

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To give you guys an idea what I had in mind visually: Ideally, my goal is to have a tank that looks something like this eventually (with a tiny bit of live plants) And with smaller fish similar this: Additionally, can a 55 gallon reptile tank be used for fish? I see a 55 gallon tank + stand...

Great tip on testing the tap water first! I'll do that as soon as I order a testing kit. I also think I'm leaning towards a 55 gallon tank. It'll probably be easier to maintain as a newbie and allows for a larger margin of error.

My family had a 75 gallon gold fish tank in the basement when I was a kid in the 80s. I remember my dad using a 13 gallon kitchen garbage bin with a water pump submerged at the bottom as means to filter the water. If I remember correctly we had 5 layers of filter material in that garbage bin...