Alter40's 10g Native tank

[alter40]

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

[punkrockfish]

looks good. any thoughts on native plants or what type of fish?

[brian1973]

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.

[alter40]

Originally Posted by punkrockfish

looks good. any thoughts on native plants or what type of fish?

I'm pretty much going to see what plants I'm able to find and grow them on trial and error.

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.

[alter40]

Originally Posted by brian1973

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.

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.

[Kissyboots]

Oooo! I love the gravel. Can't wait to see what fish you'll have in there!

[RoxnSox]

looks great eric

[pwrmacG4]

that is the best looking filter I have seen! lmao!

[alter40]

Originally Posted by pwrmacG4

that is the best looking filter I have seen! lmao!

Haha thats the old filter I had. The one you sent me is actually in my other tank now

[pwrmacG4]

sweet! hey man.. only 2 more days! for me to get my 75!