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As stated in another thread I have re-homed my fish and am starting from scratch ditching my current 20 gallon cube. I'll be going with a 20 gallon again but NOT a nano cube. Looking at regular 20 gallon tanks, not long. Seems that a regular 20 gallon is 24 inches wide which is exactly the width of the end table it would go on so it is a perfect fit.
I definitely am NOT getting a 'kit tank' but may consider a tank and hood/light combo. I will already have a 100 watt heater, 2 Whisper 20 air pumps, 2 under gravel filter plates and a light. The light is too short for the new tank but would be a good supplementary light that can even be mounted under water.
The filter plates are actually too small for the new tank but I THINK I can add a third as, in the current cube, there is empty space all around both plates. I can get a third plate and just cut it down a bit if needed. With three plates I would, of course run three risers. Two risers would have small power heads and the third, probably center, would use one of the Whisper 20 air pumps with the other Whisper 20 driving a bubble bar. This will give fairly strong water flow with a lot of bubbles which will be good for the Panda Garras I want as the main species.
So a couple of questions...
1) Any suggestions as to the tank I want? Of course the tank source would need to be in the U.S..
2) The old tank has a ceramic chamber as a bacteria bed. Any real advantage in putting the ceramics in the new tank in a container to jump start the cycle a bit or just toss and cycle from scratch?
I definitely am NOT getting a 'kit tank' but may consider a tank and hood/light combo. I will already have a 100 watt heater, 2 Whisper 20 air pumps, 2 under gravel filter plates and a light. The light is too short for the new tank but would be a good supplementary light that can even be mounted under water.
The filter plates are actually too small for the new tank but I THINK I can add a third as, in the current cube, there is empty space all around both plates. I can get a third plate and just cut it down a bit if needed. With three plates I would, of course run three risers. Two risers would have small power heads and the third, probably center, would use one of the Whisper 20 air pumps with the other Whisper 20 driving a bubble bar. This will give fairly strong water flow with a lot of bubbles which will be good for the Panda Garras I want as the main species.
So a couple of questions...
1) Any suggestions as to the tank I want? Of course the tank source would need to be in the U.S..
2) The old tank has a ceramic chamber as a bacteria bed. Any real advantage in putting the ceramics in the new tank in a container to jump start the cycle a bit or just toss and cycle from scratch?
