Hey guys! Well I have all the green lights I need to get my next tank! It'll be going on the bakers rack in my dining room. The dimensions are 30"L x 12"W x 12"T. Room temperature in my house is 64-82 but I can always float a bottle of ice on the rare days in goes above 78. pH of my tap is 7.6 so perfect for native fish.
The stock is going to be a single green sunfish that I'll catch either with a minnow trap or rod and reel with the barb bent back on the hook. I know this tank might be a bit small for a green but I'll upgrade when needed. I'll be feeding him half an earthworm twice a day until I can wean him/her onto dry. I'm hoping it won't sulk since looking at the size of the ones at my local lake it appears they're less than a year old meaning they should still be fairly adaptable.
For substrate I'm using all seeded gravel from my 75 and I'll just add a bag of new stuff I to my 75 that way the tank can get established faster. For decor I found some nice rocks at my local lake that I'm boiling now and a few native plants such as Jungle Val and Hornwort. Filtration will be plants plus a seeded sponge filter from my 75 gallon. Aearation will be a whisper 40 or 50.
In terms of when I'm getting the fish, probably Monday or so, just want to give the tank a day to run. I know what you're thinking "what about cycling!?!?". Well like I said, all the substrate is coming from my 75 gallon and same wih the filter so in pretty much set on bacteria, it'll be on every surface except the glass the day I set it up! And I know it isn't native but until it's been running for a month or so and I'm confident it established I'll be keeping a small "bowl" of java moss in the tank to avoid any ammonia spikes then I'll take it out.
I'm either getting the tank tonight, Saturday, or Sunday so I'll keep you guys updated! I'm so excited to finally get into natives
And I'm open to any advice you guys have to give!
The stock is going to be a single green sunfish that I'll catch either with a minnow trap or rod and reel with the barb bent back on the hook. I know this tank might be a bit small for a green but I'll upgrade when needed. I'll be feeding him half an earthworm twice a day until I can wean him/her onto dry. I'm hoping it won't sulk since looking at the size of the ones at my local lake it appears they're less than a year old meaning they should still be fairly adaptable.
For substrate I'm using all seeded gravel from my 75 and I'll just add a bag of new stuff I to my 75 that way the tank can get established faster. For decor I found some nice rocks at my local lake that I'm boiling now and a few native plants such as Jungle Val and Hornwort. Filtration will be plants plus a seeded sponge filter from my 75 gallon. Aearation will be a whisper 40 or 50.
In terms of when I'm getting the fish, probably Monday or so, just want to give the tank a day to run. I know what you're thinking "what about cycling!?!?". Well like I said, all the substrate is coming from my 75 gallon and same wih the filter so in pretty much set on bacteria, it'll be on every surface except the glass the day I set it up! And I know it isn't native but until it's been running for a month or so and I'm confident it established I'll be keeping a small "bowl" of java moss in the tank to avoid any ammonia spikes then I'll take it out.
I'm either getting the tank tonight, Saturday, or Sunday so I'll keep you guys updated! I'm so excited to finally get into natives
And I'm open to any advice you guys have to give!
