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Hey! Flower here. Nashville!!! So Howdy to all....
The summer I turned 19, got my first apartment. All I had to my name was a mattress, Black and White TV,and a 29G fish tank, ahhh those were the days....so I've always had a tank, until one day, about 8 yrs ago.... I just stopped, maybe the 3 kids got to me ...lol who knows, but anyway....Now, here I am, and here's the deal.....Okay, my neighbor gave me a 150 G Aquarium, I have never had anything over a 55G. So, I've decided to start out with a general freshwater community. Choosing to leave out any gravel substrate with lime (for Africans). And, no under gravel for the time being, I chose to go with a canister filter, I am curious about any thoughts on the Rena API Filstar XP3, this is 350- GPH, or at least 175 Gallons.. that should be okay for me right?
I really wanted to purchase two smaller canister filters, and move a higher GPH total, curious of any thoughts on using just the one canister filter, and a couple of surface power-heads for total equipment.
I have everything else, lighting, heat..... I'm ready to fill the tank up and start the cycling.... Also, since this is my first big tank, does anyone have the general numbers and timelines for me.... like, how long should the fishless cycle run, and with 150 G... small community tank fish, a number of fish, generally??? I'm just trying to get any outside thoughts before I pull this together.
Thanks, and Hey!
T:lol:
The summer I turned 19, got my first apartment. All I had to my name was a mattress, Black and White TV,and a 29G fish tank, ahhh those were the days....so I've always had a tank, until one day, about 8 yrs ago.... I just stopped, maybe the 3 kids got to me ...lol who knows, but anyway....Now, here I am, and here's the deal.....Okay, my neighbor gave me a 150 G Aquarium, I have never had anything over a 55G. So, I've decided to start out with a general freshwater community. Choosing to leave out any gravel substrate with lime (for Africans). And, no under gravel for the time being, I chose to go with a canister filter, I am curious about any thoughts on the Rena API Filstar XP3, this is 350- GPH, or at least 175 Gallons.. that should be okay for me right?
I really wanted to purchase two smaller canister filters, and move a higher GPH total, curious of any thoughts on using just the one canister filter, and a couple of surface power-heads for total equipment.
I have everything else, lighting, heat..... I'm ready to fill the tank up and start the cycling.... Also, since this is my first big tank, does anyone have the general numbers and timelines for me.... like, how long should the fishless cycle run, and with 150 G... small community tank fish, a number of fish, generally??? I'm just trying to get any outside thoughts before I pull this together.
Thanks, and Hey!
T:lol: