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| Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| It looks like I will be doing a journal for this tank and hopefully get some constructive criticism on it ![]() I was initially planning on using sand as my substrate and bought a 50lb bag of all purpose sand, but even after rinsing it out and then having it in the tank for 5 days it still didn't want to clear up. Instead I'm going with a natural looking gravel that I picked up at Walmart. So I swapped that out when I got home today and I like the way that it looks. Also today on my way home I decided to take a detour and go past a creek that I know is in a quiet area where I wouldn't be bothered. I wanted to get some rocks, driftwood, and plants for my tank out of my native waters. I was unable to find any plants yet, but hopefully once the waters warm up more they will start showing up. I was able to get some rocks and wood though. So now I have the tank all setup and cycling so it will be ready by the time I'm able to go and start catching and collecting fish. I'm not able to catch anything for this tank until April 12th so its going to be a few weeks before I can do that, but I will update this thread with any info I have. I know if I don't post any pictures I will hear about it so here are some pictures that I took. First here is the creek and area where I gathered the rocks and driftwood ![]() Full tank shot of it all setup. ![]() Left half of the tank ![]() And finally the right half ![]() Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions let me know ![]() |
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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| looks good..but if that is the area you are going to be collecting from as well I would add some more rocks then plant around the rocks.
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| Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC
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As for fish I'm going to look for darters, dace, an whatever other minnows I'm able to find. I will probably find a native crayfish to put in there as well. | |
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| Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| I'm going to be collecting from a variety of areas, but this probably won't be one of them. I will be collecting from lakes and waters that are a bit deeper and calmer. I will also find plants wherever I look for fish as well, in those calmer and deeper waters. I'm sure I will end up putting more rocks in the tank and I still have 4 that I collected that I didn't put in the tank yet. |
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| Super Fish Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona
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| Oooo! I love the gravel. Can't wait to see what fish you'll have in there! ![]()
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