UPGRADE: 55 Gallon Tanganyika Tank

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djm5222

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Hi all,
I've had a 55 gallon for 4 years now and have switched it from a community tank to a African Cichlid tank last summer. I then got Malawi Cichlids to start off with. I then got a neolamprologus hybrid. And switched into Tanganyika cichlids. So that brings us up to date. So I would like to now share with you my plans for an update of my setup.

I want to have a 55 gallon tank with to small rock piles on either side, a forest of Jungle Val, and 11 sea shells in the middle of the two rock piles.

EQUIPMENT: 2 14 watt fluorescant lights, 2 HOB Power filters, a heater, and a small aerator.

LIVESTOCK: (Fauna) 3 Lamprologus Brevis, 1 Eretmodus Cyanostictus "Zambian Blue Spot", 4 Synodontis Lucipinnis, and 3 Brown Rabbit Snails
(Flora) 5, very sad, jungle val

PLANS:

Equipment: Upgrade to a 108 Watt T5 Lighting, add a CO2 System, and upgrade the filter system.

Livestock: 12 Cyprochromis Leptosoma "Utinta", 25 to 55 Nerite Snails, and a Platythelphusa Crab

I've always wanted to have a thread that people will follow and enjoy. So this weekend I will post a picture of the tank at its current state. Next week I will be receiving my first pay check (Yes I'm only 16) sometime next week. I will have worked 32 hours this week at 8 buck an hour. I might work next week, who knows. and will either update the livestock or equipment... YOU GUYS CHOOSE.

But then I will show the progress of the tank, the problems, and which equipment works best for a fish tank.
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AquaticLife Dual Lamp T5 HO Light Fixtures
 
I tried pasting the name of the lights. It's not a picture or anything
 
djm5222;4255191;4255191 said:
Hi all,
I will have worked 32 hours this week at 8 buck an hour. I might work next week, who knows. and will either update the livestock or equipment... YOU GUYS CHOOSE.
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Times are Freakin hard Pal.:WTF:

The United States Senate just voted to NOT extend unemployment benefits.

Concentrate on your job and be glad you have one.

Put your money in the bank and contemplate where you will be in two years when you turn 18.

Note to Moderators : I had to try really hard not to cuss here. ****
 
dawnmarie;4255523; said:
Times are Freakin hard Pal.:WTF:

The United States Senate just voted to NOT extend unemployment benefits.

Concentrate on your job and be glad you have one.

Put your money in the bank and contemplate where you will be in two years when you turn 18.

Note to Moderators : I had to try really hard not to cuss here. ****
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Diskboy12;4255532; said:
Your lucky you have a job...I have been looking for the last 3 months to get nothing..
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Just learned that my last day is on Tuesday, due to the fact that they only wanted me to trim bushes, wash windows, and paint a room... So I knew this job wouldn't last... but It will be nice to receive a check for 40 hours of working...and Trust me I know how hard it is to find a job... I've been looking for the past year... applied everywhere in my city... then I turned 16 and extended my job searching to other cities near me... I had a job interview on Monday and the lady said she would call within a week if I got the job.......still no call... I hate applying places and then not getting a job...and it's even worse since I got an interview and still haven't gotten a job... very discouraging...It's almost like you need to know someone to get a job... This economy sucks nowadays
 
djm5222;4257469; said:
Just learned that my last day is on Tuesday, due to the fact that they only wanted me to trim bushes, wash windows, and paint a room... So I knew this job wouldn't last... but It will be nice to receive a check for 40 hours of working...and Trust me I know how hard it is to find a job... I've been looking for the past year... applied everywhere in my city... then I turned 16 and extended my job searching to other cities near me... I had a job interview on Monday and the lady said she would call within a week if I got the job.......still no call... I hate applying places and then not getting a job...and it's even worse since I got an interview and still haven't gotten a job... very discouraging...It's almost like you need to know someone to get a job... This economy sucks nowadays
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very true..
 
So I have gotten the pictures. Not the best/not the worst. You can really tell my horrific algae problem.
 
Bump?... This was a horrible thread but I said I would do it so I'm stickin to it... Today I bout from petsolutions.com 1 108 Watt T5 light, 1 Small CO2 System, Red Sea Flora Dose Tablets, and Some Spirulina Pellets all for around $160
 
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