moochy13
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so ive finished making a stand for my 4 foot fish tank. does anybody know how to turn that into litres ? according to the internet its area of base x length? im rubbish at maths. the tank is L48 x H14 x W12 (inches)and it currently has no lid. my plan is as follows :
get water, gravel, rock, wood and pump in tank, get everything moving.
get plants in tank
while this is going on i should hopefully have built a simple little lid. first question is how massively important is it to have a light when the plants are in the tank ? hopefully there wont be a time when there are plants but no light/lid, but things go wrong.
second question is where i can get a light fitting for as cheap as possible to fit the tank? would i be looking for a 3 foot bulb ? i dont know. looking at my little juwel tank, the bulb sits just a couple of inches off the water. is this for a reason, or just to keep the lid as low profile as possible, which is something id like to do.
is there a cheap alternative to getting gravel/rocks/wood from pet shops ? i understand wood can be difficult to sort out yourself to make it ready for a tank, but is it difficult to prepare your own rock or gravel ? im sure you're paying a premium for 'special' aquarium rock and stones.
so just a couple of questions then until i get the tank planted in. the filter/pump i should hopefully be using is well overspecced for the tank. my mate took it out of his enormous tank before he had even used it, as he had to replace it with something that could be left while he worked offshore.
the next questions will probably be about types of plants im looking for.
thanks
get water, gravel, rock, wood and pump in tank, get everything moving.
get plants in tank
while this is going on i should hopefully have built a simple little lid. first question is how massively important is it to have a light when the plants are in the tank ? hopefully there wont be a time when there are plants but no light/lid, but things go wrong.
second question is where i can get a light fitting for as cheap as possible to fit the tank? would i be looking for a 3 foot bulb ? i dont know. looking at my little juwel tank, the bulb sits just a couple of inches off the water. is this for a reason, or just to keep the lid as low profile as possible, which is something id like to do.
is there a cheap alternative to getting gravel/rocks/wood from pet shops ? i understand wood can be difficult to sort out yourself to make it ready for a tank, but is it difficult to prepare your own rock or gravel ? im sure you're paying a premium for 'special' aquarium rock and stones.
so just a couple of questions then until i get the tank planted in. the filter/pump i should hopefully be using is well overspecced for the tank. my mate took it out of his enormous tank before he had even used it, as he had to replace it with something that could be left while he worked offshore.
the next questions will probably be about types of plants im looking for.
thanks