So who likes fish tanks???

[accordztech]

Im building a new setup, 40B.

Making a stand for it as well.\

From this


To this


To THIS


I didnt want doors. Dont like them. I always hit them when im working on my plants in the tank. So I made a removable door.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McSAm3hV1SU&feature=plcp

[92smokeaccord]

thats a nice stand man!great color choice!

[Straight Success]

I like fish tanks, but I currently don't own one. I'm planning on getting one when I buy a house.

[keepinitclean]

Love the stand! Start with a small one dude!

[accordztech]

Love the stand! Start with a small one dude!

Hah what you mean start with a small one?

[Sobeman81]

Hah what you mean start with a small one?

It hurts less.

[nowzor]

just got my fish tank the other day and then got a few fish for it. It's a 10 gallon fresh water tank and my first one. I do have a few questions. the tank came with a filter system. do you guys recommend any thing else like a heater, one of those bubbler things (which do those actually do anything besides look cool?) and should i get more live plants or fake ones? and is there anything else that you guys would recommend that i get?

thanks for the help I have always liked fish tanks and have wanted one now i finally have one.

[Sobeman81]

just got my fish tank the other day and then got a few fish for it. It's a 10 gallon fresh water tank and my first one. I do have a few questions. the tank came with a filter system. do you guys recommend any thing else like a heater, one of those bubbler things (which do those actually do anything besides look cool?) and should i get more live plants or fake ones? and is there anything else that you guys would recommend that i get?

thanks for the help I have always liked fish tanks and have wanted one now i finally have one.

Did it come with an under gravel filter? If it did, then you might be better off getting a better filter. Under gravel filters are a PITA to keep clean just because well..they are UNDER gravel. LOL.

Heater is highly recommended especially if you have tropical fish to help keep the temp regulated and your fish happy. Believe it or not fish are temperamental like humans and can get sick if they aren't happy. That being said measure your pH levels every once in a while or take it to a chain pet store and have them measure it for free.

The lil bubbler things are cool and all but unless you get a quality pump, it's not worth it. I have had a few pumps give out in the middle of the night and wake up in the morning and find out i'm walking through a swamp because the water back fed through the tubes and dumped close to half a tank on my floor. Not fun to clean up. Also, cheaper pumps are a lot noisier than the better ones even under normal operation.

Plants look good in a tank but in a 10 gal. will just make it unnecessarily crowded. Live plants are obviously nice to look at but overtime lead to tiny snails growing. Atleast that was my experience with them. Fake plants are like fake tits. They might look nice at first but the more you look at them the more plastic they look.

The one thing i would definitely recommend is a product called the MagFloat. http://magfloat.com/ Their description is more than likely much better than anything i can give you.

Hope this helps. Any more questions, LMK. I went up from a 10 to a 29 to a 55gal. Now i have nothing. I might set up the 29 gallon again after reading this thread lol.

[accordztech]

It hurts less.

hah not in my world! Most of the equiptment rounds off to about the same price. But all my equiptment is inline and hidden under my stand, like my heater, my uv sterilizer, co2 tank, and my canister filter.

I started with a small tank, ended up spending money to go bigger. It was basically the smaller tanks cost more money, like the nano tanks

Then I went with a 55 for 2 years, liked it. But I really want the depth of the 40g breeder to do some aquascaping. So this will be my next project until I get a place of my own.

[Sobeman81]

Oh i think you completely missed my attempt at a joke/innuendo in that one lol.

[accordztech]

oh I Think You Completely Missed My Attempt At A Joke/innuendo In That One Lol.

:d

[92smokeaccord]

just got my fish tank the other day and then got a few fish for it. It's a 10 gallon fresh water tank and my first one. I do have a few questions. the tank came with a filter system. do you guys recommend any thing else like a heater, one of those bubbler things (which do those actually do anything besides look cool?) and should i get more live plants or fake ones? and is there anything else that you guys would recommend that i get?

thanks for the help I have always liked fish tanks and have wanted one now i finally have one.

Did it come with an under gravel filter? If it did, then you might be better off getting a better filter. Under gravel filters are a PITA to keep clean just because well..they are UNDER gravel. LOL.

Heater is highly recommended especially if you have tropical fish to help keep the temp regulated and your fish happy. Believe it or not fish are temperamental like humans and can get sick if they aren't happy. That being said measure your pH levels every once in a while or take it to a chain pet store and have them measure it for free.

The lil bubbler things are cool and all but unless you get a quality pump, it's not worth it. I have had a few pumps give out in the middle of the night and wake up in the morning and find out i'm walking through a swamp because the water back fed through the tubes and dumped close to half a tank on my floor. Not fun to clean up. Also, cheaper pumps are a lot noisier than the better ones even under normal operation.

Plants look good in a tank but in a 10 gal. will just make it unnecessarily crowded. Live plants are obviously nice to look at but overtime lead to tiny snails growing. Atleast that was my experience with them. Fake plants are like fake tits. They might look nice at first but the more you look at them the more plastic they look.

The one thing i would definitely recommend is a product called the MagFloat. http://magfloat.com/ Their description is more than likely much better than anything i can give you.

Hope this helps. Any more questions, LMK. I went up from a 10 to a 29 to a 55gal. Now i have nothing. I might set up the 29 gallon again after reading this thread lol.

nice 10 gallon.but that size of a tank is really only good for plants not fish.most fresh water fish eaither out grow the tank and get mean or need a school of 5 or more to really thrive and be happy.a hang on back filter made for 10-20 gallon tanks will be fine i suggest getting a aqua clear model probably the aqua clear 20.if you go plants you will need the correct lighting for them to grow.a heater is deff in order.bubbler if you want but the water movement from the filter and the oxygen giving off from the plants is more than enough.you don't need a magnet to clean the glass.in fact if you have any type of algae in the tank than you are using too much light.should be light for a minimum of 8hrs and max of 10hrs the rest no light or a moon light.if i were you id look for a full set up on craigslist under community.you could probably find a full 55 gallon tank set up for about 200 or less with stand and everything ready to go.o also want to add about using a bubblrt,use a check valve so you dont end up like the swamp monster above lol.

anything else?

[92smokeaccord]

Did it come with an under gravel filter? If it did, then you might be better off getting a better filter. Under gravel filters are a PITA to keep clean just because well..they are UNDER gravel. LOL.

Heater is highly recommended especially if you have tropical fish to help keep the temp regulated and your fish happy. Believe it or not fish are temperamental like humans and can get sick if they aren't happy. That being said measure your pH levels every once in a while or take it to a chain pet store and have them measure it for free.

The lil bubbler things are cool and all but unless you get a quality pump, it's not worth it. I have had a few pumps give out in the middle of the night and wake up in the morning and find out i'm walking through a swamp because the water back fed through the tubes and dumped close to half a tank on my floor. Not fun to clean up. Also, cheaper pumps are a lot noisier than the better ones even under normal operation.

Plants look good in a tank but in a 10 gal. will just make it unnecessarily crowded. Live plants are obviously nice to look at but overtime lead to tiny snails growing. Atleast that was my experience with them. Fake plants are like fake tits. They might look nice at first but the more you look at them the more plastic they look.

The one thing i would definitely recommend is a product called the MagFloat. http://magfloat.com/ Their description is more than likely much better than anything i can give you.

Hope this helps. Any more questions, LMK. I went up from a 10 to a 29 to a 55gal. Now i have nothing. I might set up the 29 gallon again after reading this thread lol.

set it up man set it up!

[tutsuo]

Not my fish tank but if i could i would own this.

[BurtonRiderT6]

I have a 30 gal tank and stand (cube shaped not rectangular), I'm looking to unload if anyone is interested. Send me a PM.