I have been doing aquariums the same way since I was 12 years old. The way my Mom taught me. Under gravel filter and that is it. Partial water change, normally after my fish started looking stressed. I tried to have plants to take up the nitrates.
I have been running:
20g (guppy tank)
5g (amano shrimp and java moss)
1g (Beta, wife's)
I did not realize how many aquariums I have been accumulating!
Not counting the 3 mentioned I have: 3g, 5g, 10g, 35g, 55g & 75g tanks.
People give me tanks and I pick them up on the side of the road and reseal.
Now for a change!
Broke down the 20g tank yesterday, I am setting up the 75g as a cichlid tank.
I am doing things I have never done, wave makers, no under gravel filter, UV and a DIY sponge filter with filter media inside.
I bought 100 lbs. of crush oyster shell from Tractor Supply for substrate. Decorating with big rocks, drift wood or branches and a few BIG plastic plants.
I am 56 and I am excited as a little kid standing in line to get into the circus tent! :grin2:
I have been running:
20g (guppy tank)
5g (amano shrimp and java moss)
1g (Beta, wife's)
I did not realize how many aquariums I have been accumulating!
Not counting the 3 mentioned I have: 3g, 5g, 10g, 35g, 55g & 75g tanks.
People give me tanks and I pick them up on the side of the road and reseal.
Now for a change!
Broke down the 20g tank yesterday, I am setting up the 75g as a cichlid tank.
I am doing things I have never done, wave makers, no under gravel filter, UV and a DIY sponge filter with filter media inside.
I bought 100 lbs. of crush oyster shell from Tractor Supply for substrate. Decorating with big rocks, drift wood or branches and a few BIG plastic plants.
I am 56 and I am excited as a little kid standing in line to get into the circus tent! :grin2: