Lo's 29 Gallon Home Aquarium

[Lolita]

Lo's 29 Gallon Home Aquarium

Lo's 10 Gallon Office Aquarium Journal

Tank Specs:

• Size: 29 US Gallons
• Dimentions: 30(L) x 12(D) x 18(H)

Equiptment:

• Heater: 100 watt Aqueon Submersible Heater
• Air Pump: PETCO brand dual airpump with airstones
• Filter: AquaClear50(200)
• Lighting: Coralife 30 Inch
• Thermometer: ESU Reptile Digital Thermometer

Plants:

• Background: Amazon Swords, Java Fern
• Midground: Borneo Fern, Anubias
• Foreground: Anubias(200)

Other:

• Substrate: 40 lbs Eco-Complete
• Decorations: Fake driftwood piece, sand bar

Fish Plan:
*** This list is subject to change. ***

• Schooling: 10 - 12 Neon Tetra or Cardinal Tetra
• Algae Eaters: 4 - 6 Otocinclus Catfish
• Livebearers: ~ 3 Platies
• Centerpiece: 1 Male Betta

[rich311k]

Sounds like a good plan. The sword will need to be trimmed often as it will fill the tank by itself if you let it.

[Lolita]

Sounds like a good plan. The sword will need to be trimmed often as it will fill the tank by itself if you let it.

That's a good thing at the moment lol. Right now it's pretty small, the shortest are about 4 inches and the tallest maybe 9. I'll let them grow a bit, then start trimming. =D Thanks for the advice!

[cfgsteak]

Nice planning! That tank will be awesome!

[Lolita]

After sitting a week without a filter (it came broken and I had to have a replacement sent), I'm finally cycling! It's a good feeling, I just hope it all goes smoothly... every time I go to the store I stare in at the fish I want forever... the people that work there must think I'm nuts! xD

Anyhow, here's a picture and a little video. I added a couple more plants after taking these, but it looks pretty much the same (just added a few more swords to the back to fill it out).



See the Video here!

Can't wait to get fishies!!

[Lolita]

Nice planning! That tank will be awesome!

=D Thanks so much!! I'm trying to be as organized as possible. I want to make sure I do this right so I can have a happy, healthy community to keep me company!

[cfgsteak]

=D Thanks so much!! I'm trying to be as organized as possible. I want to make sure I do this right so I can have a happy, healthy community to keep me company!

I LOVE the picture! That is the kind of tank I appreciate the most. Great job. Your fish will love it.

[Lolita]

I LOVE the picture! That is the kind of tank I appreciate the most. Great job. Your fish will love it.

Thank you so much! I appreciate any feedback, this is my first planted tank... my last (and first ever tank) was a 10 gallon with 1 goldfish..and I didn't really know what I was doing when I started out.

I'm looking forward to the plans filling out more over the next month while I cycle. I want to make sure there's plenty of hiding space for my fishies!

[VoidParadigm]

Looks good! If it was me I'd get six neons and six cardinals. I personally think seeing the two schools interact would be interesting, but whatever floats your boat. Good luck on the tank!

[Lolita]

Looks good! If it was me I'd get six neons and six cardinals. I personally think seeing the two schools interact would be interesting, but whatever floats your boat. Good luck on the tank!

=D I like that idea a lot actually! I was considering it before, but I didn't know if Neons liked to be the only tetra species in the tank or not. Cardinals are probably similar enough anyway, though.

Thank you for the suggestion!