pennjones
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Alright well let me start out by explaining. While my girlfriend was in Italy for the semester, she left me her betta to take care of. Well, while in my care "Baxter" died. I told her that when she came home I would get her a new betta and a proper set up for it (she had it in a small bowl). I was thinking something like a 10g tank with a divider and a betta on each side of the tank. Well since she's been home she's been really liking my tank and I suggested that we get her a 10g tank and set it up with fish that are nicer than bettas (I know most people like bettas, but to me they are just lazy and kind of dumb fish). Well she took to the idea, and I decided that maybe she could have my tank and i'd look for a 20g long that I could set up. Well last saturday (June 10th), an awesome local fish store here in Pittsburgh, called Elmer's Aquarium was having their monthly used equipment sale. Well me and the girlfirend decided to get there just before they opened (they opened at 10a, we got there at like 9:50). We didn't expect anyone to be there but there was a line waiting at the door. Apparently this thing gets pretty popular. Well as we went in people were already standing by tanks and things that they wanted to buy. Well I spotted a 20g long tank with the wood trim rather than the black marked for $14! So I took the icket off of it and bought it. I also bought a used 150w heater for $10 and an aquaclear 50 for $10! My girlfriend bought some rocks and background for like $2. It was an awesome sale. There were so many tanks for cheap. I saw a 30 gallon tank with an oak stand and hood for $70! There was a 55g tank for like $45. Lots of cool stuff. Well when I got home I dismantled my 10g tank and took the filter media from my other filter and put it in the new 50. I also used the old water and filled the new tank up the rest of the way. It was very bare and I didn't know how I wanted it to look, but I had some lava rocks that I wasn't using and put them in just to give it some type of hardscape. Well I decided that i liked how they looked and I figured out sort of what I wanted the tank to look like, so today I went to All Oddball Aquatics here in Pittsburgh, and I bought 2 balls of java moss, to cover the rocks with, and 3 blyxa japonica plants. this tank will be Ei, so everything should grow well. I've been inspired a LOT by Takashi Amano and friends, as well as the guys and Creative Aquascape Union, so that's sort of the look that i'm going for. The moss didn't quite cover all the rocks, but I'm hoping that once it grows and I give it a trim, I'll have enough for the other rocks. I'm gonna get some more blyxa and probably some type of val for the background, and possibly do a glosso carpet along the front, or maybe something like hc. This picture was taken tonight. Oh btw I added 4 guppys to the tank, and there are 2 dwarf lilly bulbs floating around. Not sure if i'm keeping them in this tank or not yet. Thanks for looking, and please comment and critique.
