45 gallon, about 2 weeks away from 1st fish…& as I’m adding fish…

[Magnum Man]

I’m just happy it doesn’t leak, or I didn’t drop a 20 pound slab of limestone in it when I was cleaning it out for refill… it hasn’t had water in it for 20 years… so far all have been leak free… they all evaporated dry when I quit fish about 20 years ago this is my new background, and new black sand, and a piece of wood soaking up water… I may add this piece to my Tilapia tanks, as I have a nice piece in my Asian tank, and it’s too crowded to insert Repashi sticks, without knocking something else over….

 

[JackGulley]

I like the aquascape!

 

[Colin_T]

Why don't you grab some filter media from an established tank and use it in that one. then add fish straight away.

 

[Magnum Man]

I’ll be moving over the foam filter temporarily from one of the holding tanks, but I’m still waiting for a pair of hang on tank filters, and the biggest reason, is I don’t have a heater here for that tank yet… and actually I may add my 1st couple after the heater gets here, and the tank warms to the correct temperature, as long as I’m loaning the sponge filter from the holding tank

 

[Magnum Man]

Heater, and a pair of Tidal 75’s running in the tank right now… a platinum angel shows up tomorrow also for this tank… got some Indian almond leaves in the tank, and a few pieces of driftwood… have a few Java ferns in shipment on the way…

 

[Magnum Man]

Today…

 

[Ceez]

Heater, and a pair of Tidal 75’s running in the tank right now… a platinum angel shows up tomorrow also for this tank… got some Indian almond leaves in the tank, and a few pieces of driftwood… have a few Java ferns in shipment on the way…

Youre gonna run 2 tidals 75s on that 45 gallon? I really love those tidals.

 

[Magnum Man]

Yep… Amazon river fish… I did transfer my 3 electric Blue Acaras last night… they had been in a 10 gallon holding tank, for quite a while… it took me longer than I had hoped to get this one ready for fish….
Fish delivery today, albeit, only one for this tank, a 2 inch platinum angel

 

[Magnum Man]

I do like the Tidal series filters as well… it would be nice if they had a cheap slide valve on the skimmer portion though, they get kinda loud, when the tank gets to the point in evaporation, that you need to add water… I pretty much do 2 hang on back filters ( either Aquaclear 70’s, or Tidal 75’s ) on all my newer setup tanks… I try to buy the same filters for consistently on parts, and have a tendency to over filter… only one of my recently set up tanks, has one filter ( another 45 gallon ) and that’s because that one is set up to view on 3 sides, both the front and back, so the filter is on a short side… plus I typically do a lot of plants

 

[Ceez]

I do like the Tidal series filters as well… it would be nice if they had a cheap slide valve on the skimmer portion though, they get kinda loud, when the tank gets to the point in evaporation, that you need to add water… I pretty much do 2 hang on back filters ( either Aquaclear 70’s, or Tidal 75’s ) on all my newer setup tanks… I try to buy the same filters for consistently on parts, and have a tendency to over filter… only one of my recently set up tanks, has one filter ( another 45 gallon ) and that’s because that one is set up to view on 3 sides, both the front and back, so the filter is on a short side… plus I typically do a lot of plants

Yea I don't let mine get that low because that slurping sound is awful. It usually takes about 6 days from a full tank for it to reach that level on my tanks 40g or smaller and 2 weeks on my 180. I wish I could slow down the evap rate...

 

[Magnum Man]

I have a lot of terrestrial plants growing out of the aquariums, and several of those draw water faster than it evaporates… so with both, and the noise of the skimmers, I usually top off twice a week, but I have a hose and pump for my RO, and a remote switch, so it’s easy and quick…
I added a few fish from the holding tanks last night..

 

[Magnum Man]

Got the Jewel Cichlid out of the tank… had to remove all the decor, to remove the one fish… it was supposed to be a fire mouth… semi local pet store sold me the wrong ( aggressive ) fish

 

[Colin_T]

Take it back and get a refund.

 

[Magnum Man]

It’s been in my quarantine tank for a month… I don’t really have a tank for it… I thought about my Bichir tank, with the silver dollars but the bichir would be vulnerable, with body shape, and I really wouldn’t want my tiger dollars getting roughed up… I’ll talk to the pet store ( they did misidentify the fish in the 1st place ) but would bet it gets rehomed or gets put down

 

[Magnum Man]

The 3 Acaras, and the angel looking good this morning… I’ll have to mess with them again, when I start putting decor back in… but at least they won’t feel like I’m chasing them…

A group of 3 Bolivian Rams will be here next Tuesday… the 5 Cupids hopefully next week as well… will likely be doing aggressive water changes, as there wasn’t much actual cycling…

The Platinum Angel is following around the Acaras… I will be buying a pair of Angel buddies, but the ones I’m ordering are pretty expensive, and I want to make sure my water and the politics are good before I add them…
Manacapuru Red Backs… ( 2, not specifically a pair ), about the same size as the platinum