Alice B
Fish Herder
I bought the 40 to fit under my 55 on my iron stand in 1995. Because I decided to paint it before putting water in it, I was able to take my time. It consistently had fish in it until 2020, when it went outdoors under tarps to let me refinish my floors. My oceanic 55 is still out there. It's so darn heavy I am debating on whether it's worth doing seals on.
Anyway I stripped inner seals on the 40 carefully, cleaned the glass and put nice wide seals in the corners in August or September this year. Did water test, it passed, got help and brought it in, to sit on my credenza for a month while I contemplated the paint damage creatures had caused while it was outside. I finally got around to touching up the paint Friday night. I didn't spend enough time looking at the inside before doing some of the blue areas, I didn't mix light, I mixed the dark, so it's not a perfect repair by a long shot, but with fish and plants in it, I think it will be ok.
Picked up gravel yesterday, decided 3/4 will be undergravel filtered, air driven, and the right 1/4 will be sand bottom play zone for my julii or whatever they are corydoras.
Initial stock - 13 Buenos Aires tetras that were quarantined in the 29 in my fish room, I drained 20 gallons of their water into the 40 and put the sponge and corner filter from their tank in here.
I haven't gotten air connected to the lift tubes yet, but fish are in, a little plant that was in my little shrimp tank is hiding behind the left cave, it's an anubias nana, it will grow. Need to get some fertilizer and more plants in, but for finishing at midnight, it's ok. Catfish can go in when I'm sure there is zero cycle going on
Anyway I stripped inner seals on the 40 carefully, cleaned the glass and put nice wide seals in the corners in August or September this year. Did water test, it passed, got help and brought it in, to sit on my credenza for a month while I contemplated the paint damage creatures had caused while it was outside. I finally got around to touching up the paint Friday night. I didn't spend enough time looking at the inside before doing some of the blue areas, I didn't mix light, I mixed the dark, so it's not a perfect repair by a long shot, but with fish and plants in it, I think it will be ok.
Picked up gravel yesterday, decided 3/4 will be undergravel filtered, air driven, and the right 1/4 will be sand bottom play zone for my julii or whatever they are corydoras.
Initial stock - 13 Buenos Aires tetras that were quarantined in the 29 in my fish room, I drained 20 gallons of their water into the 40 and put the sponge and corner filter from their tank in here.
I haven't gotten air connected to the lift tubes yet, but fish are in, a little plant that was in my little shrimp tank is hiding behind the left cave, it's an anubias nana, it will grow. Need to get some fertilizer and more plants in, but for finishing at midnight, it's ok. Catfish can go in when I'm sure there is zero cycle going on
