Returning To Fish Keeping After An 18 Month Break

[Craig89]

Afternoon all and I must say it's great to be back. I wasn't the most active member last time round but there seems to still be a few old names around.

Since I was last here I had to sadley sell my last set up due to a house move but we have settled in nicely and as luck would have it a friend of a friend was selling a smallish tank for a Bargin price so I couldn't really refuse.



Now I haven't got the exact dimensions but from looking if say it was around 2 foot wide by 12" deep but for £25 I'm not complaining.

My question is what to do with it all suggestions welcome as I haven't got any as of yet

Craig

 

[fluttermoth]

Is your water hard or soft, Craig?

 

[Craig89]

As far as I'm aware it's soft here in Bradford

 

[Stimo]

welcome back

 

[techen]

Welcome back Craig

 

[Tongue_Flicker]

Welcome back sir!

 

[mrstwalker]

Welcome back! I suggest maybe a peaceful community? such as guppies/platies/mollies ect. 
 
it just really depends on your preference. anything small, or expected to stay small will do just fine in this tank!

 

[Craig89]

Not a massive fan of guppies mollies etc I did think of scaping it and just having some tetras in keep it simple remove the lid get a hanging light etc

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

I think that tank with a nice planted aquascape and a shoal of something would look cool!
 
Also, Im all up for you hanging the light, tanks like that appeal to me!
 
Welcome back!

 

[Craig89]

Well it was my day off today so I went to pick the tank up and I'm really pleased with it! It takes me back to my first take 8 years ago.

It is slightly larger than i originally thought dimensions are 80x30x39cm roughly 90L/20G.

I had some spare mdf at work so called in and cut some to size and this is the result






There is a shelf to go inside and I will make a door to finish it off. I'm hopefully picking up an ehiem external filter tomorrow and then hopefully with a little rearrangement of the living room this should be in place by the weekend.