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About two weeks ago my 18 year old son wanted his own aquarium. With the cash he had saved up we went to BigAls and he bought a 38 gallon kit with a nice stand for around $200.00. We got it home, found a place in his room (the basement of course), and removed the wall so we could run some wire and put in an outlet. Put the stand together, levelled it and added the tank.
Since I wanted to try my hand at a reef set-up, we drained my 55 gallon tank, used the gravel, slate, live plants and driftwood. After the tank had been filled with water using Prime to de-chlorinate it, we hooked up the two filters. One was my Fluval canister from the 55 gallon and the second was a new bio-wheel Marineland which came with the tank set-up. The filter floss for that filter came out of my HOB from the 55 gallon.
We added the fish from the 55 gallon that afternoon.
Here is the thing, all the fish have survived and there is no sign of any disease after two weeks. Beginners luck or has he actually been paying attention these last few years?
I watched his first water change last weekend and he preformed it like an old pro. I caught him tying some java moss to a piece of slate the other day. There seemed to be extra in my wife's Betta tank, lol.
He even bought a zucchini two days ago for the bulldog pleco.
Can you say proud Father.
I hope he has caught the bug for the long haul. Time will tell.
Warning; Bulldog Pleco guarding my Sons tank now..
Please remember; every keystroke has a consequence.
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sounds like you taught him well! See. they DO pay attention
30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
90 Gal Journal: http://bit.ly/1vC7gVX
fishless cycling: http://bit.ly/1DARf3T
fish in cycling: http://bit.ly/1ILvcfp
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 Originally Posted by fishmommie
See. they DO pay attention 
When you least expect it. lol.
I was expecting him to loose a couple of Cardinal tetras Northerly. But so far so good. I hope this doesn't go to his head.
Warning; Bulldog Pleco guarding my Sons tank now..
Please remember; every keystroke has a consequence.
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That's actually really amazing, having something like that with a son.
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It is fun to share a hobby with your children. Both of my daughters have tanks of their own now and they do pretty well with them. I guess when you grow up with them in the house you catch on to a thing or two.
When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Dear naps, sorry I hated you so much when I was a child... Love me
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Great to see another addict developing, obviously well taught
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That is good but be aware that the ammonia, and then nitrites could quickly climb. Pay close attention and do large water changes every single day for at least two more weeks or until your test prove you have completed all cycling.
Knowledge is fun(damental)
A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.
For Fishless cycling:http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640
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