Man Room / Fish Room

So i just moved into a new house and my girlfriend has granted me full access to the finished room in our basement. The room is 13'X16' and will now be my man cave full of fish tanks. The room is directly connected to our drive under garage which is perfect for fish tank projects. I will update this thread continuously as the room progresses. Thanks for looking!

First tank to be set up is my 40B that I bought from the $1 per gallon sale. I decided to paint it black (might be a dark grey). Needs another layer of paint.


Here is the wall that the tank will be going on with plenty of shelves for storage.



Here is my idea for suspended lighting. Thats just a GLO t5 single bulb. Thinking about some thin black chain to hold it.


I also have a 55 gallon that is in the garage and that will be the next one to set up.

Well not much interest in the post but ill keep it going anyway. I decided to use two bags of fluorite as substrate. Well evidently I did not rinse it enough and it has become a nightmare, I had chocolate milk instead of aquarium water. I did about a 500% water change before I decided to take the whole tank down and rinse the fluorite and start over. I ordered some Staurogyne Repens and Dwarf Sag for a nice foreground carpeting effect. I was thinking drift wood and Anubias for the mid-ground but am open to ideas for back ground plants. Should be back with more updates tonight

Heres the filtration and pothos I planted in the tank. I used a shower basket with suctions cups and it makes a perfect little pot for the pothos.


Heres the full tank so far. Got the Dwarf Sag planted, drift wood, and some moss so far. The staurogyne repens should be here tomorrow.

Still haven't had time to mount the light. I also removed the air stone filter. I have to raise the water level a little and get a glass top for the tank.

More updates soon! Still looking for suggestions for livestock.

Haven't made a choice for fish yet, still looking for opinions. Thinking some Roseline Sharks and a few corys, no plans yet though.


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