Craigslist Srikes again!

[Kaosu]

picked up a 40 gallon tank for free..to up grade from my 20 gallon...here is the start..i went with sand, this time never having used it before^_^

it should not cycle i did a water change on my 20 next to it and dumped the old water in ..about 10 gallons with 30 fresh dechlorinated water , rinsed off 3 filters in to it and put a sponge from my grow out tank in it...then threw the contents of the grow out int o it for now..untill the tank is up and my sculpin can have a nice lunch ^_^ (pics are a bit out of order)
i had a brand new 55 gallon HOB filter with bio wheel sitting in storage that i threw on it.
more to come! i piked up bucket loads of garnet peaces ...going to start cleaning and adding them.
any comments/constructive criticism welcome!......plants going in will be Anubis, java moss, and pennywort

sand went in with the first water change

 

[Kaosu]

well i feel the love lol

 

[RiverMonsterFisher]

Nice pick up! What are you planning on putting in there?

 

[DMD123]

A 20g to a 40g, nice upgrade! Esp. love the price; FREE!

 

[Kaosu]

Sculpin!!!!!! love sculpin so much i have http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=359692&highlight=prickly+sculpin

1 almost 5 inch prickly sculpin
2 under 2 inches prickly sculpin
2 under 2 ish inches mottled sculpin.
this is my large prickly and one of one of the mottled......
big girl

first pic is the large prickly sculpin...second pic one of the mottled scupin

they are awesome fish that reach about 8 inches full grown some have been reported as large as 11..but mostly in males and rarely
...this is what one of the mottled babies have started doing when i put my hand near him, while cleaning.

 

[SCGeordie]

Knew I'd seen something like this before, same family as the Bullhead, or as we used to call it the 'Miller's thumb'. Used to catch them in a river near Cambridge (UK) when I was a kid.................wow dementia hasn't set in yet, I can still remember being a kid!
Now, what was I doing...........

 

[Kaosu]

Knew I'd seen something like this before, same family as the Bullhead, or as we used to call it the 'Miller's thumb'. Used to catch them in a river near Cambridge (UK) when I was a kid.................wow dementia hasn't set in yet, I can still remember being a kid!
Now, what was I doing...........

yup you still got it!!

and yes this is what some people call a bullhead ^_^ thats what i called them until i started researching....bullheads are cat fish lol, iv caught tons of these on lines...these are my first to keep and i love it.

 

[Kaosu]

today's shot of the tank clearing up ^_^

 

[Kaosu]

the tank is clearing up nicely!!!! ill start putting the garnet slabs in tonight and some plants.

 

[xthao3]

oh i love free things!