I've been wanting to get back into the hobby, my last tank was a 55g 20 years ago, been looking on Craigslist and a few other places for a good deal on a used setup, fast forward to today was at a resale shop looking for rustic shelving for a bathroom, and low and behold there sat a new in the box 29g tank, lady wanted 40 bucks, its smaller than I wanted to go, but wth, beer drankn project commencing soon

fresh or salt?

Fresh, its going to be a daddy/daughter deal so figured fresh would be easier for her, if she grows bored of it I can convert it

Cool!

I'm looking to get back into the game myself soon I've been looking for deals on OfferUp and Five Mile.

Everything is either grossly overpriced or if it is a good deal it's literally sold within 2 hours. Fun hobby!

this is a cool place.

www.kellerfish.com

That's where I bought all my fish years ago when I lived in H.C., heard they have new owners and got rid of the stench lol, cool place

Did this a couple times with my girls and more recently with the grandkids. We tried to get some natives involved where possible, especially if they helped catch em. Baby green sunfish, punkinseed, minnow, catfish, crayfish, bull frog tadpoles, even had a baby bowfin once. Lots of fun for everybody.

I�ve had aquariums off and on my whole life. Right now we have a 10 gallon with some Mollys in it. It�s my son�s first tank.

Ive had 2 or 3, really enjoyed them until cleaning time, the real deep cleaning time as in total breakdown. So i get out of it.........then get a pool

Well we're up and running, I'll let the kiddo pick out what she wants in it, let it cycle till March for put any fish in it

Might want to research using ammonia or live plants/sand for cycling . Could speed up the process .

Nice

We're in no hurry, I've done this before, my experience is to let the tank take care of itself for awhile, plants will be added, its really not ready for anything yet

I put fish in mine the same day I set it up.

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are they gonna die because I didn't let it settle?

Whose they?

my daughter's they...

What the world? Explain...

As long as you used something to get the chlorine out they should be fine.

what size tank, what kind of fish and how many?

btw, its cycle. not settle. your gonna go through some spikes in ammonia then nitrites, and a lot of cloudy water. the cycle takes 6 weeks. you have to build up enough beneficial bacteria to maintain water quality.

I would dump about a table spoon of ammonia in it daily. After about four to six weeks it should be ready for the fish.

Modern water treatments say they can have water ready in just a few hours.
Had to do a move, drain and deep clean on the 10 gal tank in my Wife's office yesterday and the fish seemed pretty happy.

When I was less experienced I would just put water in the tank, add a few drops of conditioner, and put in the fish. After a month or so I would get nasty water and might lose a fish or two but then it would clear up and be ok. Now I'm into salt water tanks and you must do a cycle or you'll have weird and terrible algae outbreaks and loose expensive fish or corals. There is nothing wrong with speeding up the cycle with ammonia or a throw away fish. 6 weeks is a ball park figure. It can take anywhere from two weeks to six months for a cycle to start.

Get you a handfull of the $0.10 goldfish and put them in on day 3 or 4. That speeds the cycle times as much as anything. If they don't make it, they have still helped your tank. If they do make it, then so be it.

ive got 3 you can have.

Ive stocked a 46 gallon with ~20 and a 100 gallon with ~40 african cichlids the same day I set them up. I used bio-spira to establish a bacteria colony. I did see a mini spike in ammonia, but didnt lose any fish either time.

Let a co worker take care of my fish while on vacation last summer. Overfed and stopped up filters and had huge fish kill. Think 8-10 survived.

Undecided if i want to restock or sell setup.

100 gallon with holy rock and 2 Marineland C-360 cannister filters with tons of spare filtration material if anyone is interested.

Threw some stuff in there today, PH is outta whack, daughter surprised me, figured she want Atlantis and Nemo, she wanted natural looking habitat

That'll fit a 3 pound bass?

Looking good WB

I was going to get a good size decoration for our aquarium, but I looked at the price and decided I would rather get new fishing equipment. I was surprised how much that stuff was.

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Yes, it's an expensive hobby, posting from space

Here are a few pics of my 225gl N.A. Native tank. Happy to help you in any way, from tank set up, to collecting stock if you go the Native route, I have some creeks that hold fish with unique colors. The wood decorations were collected hiking around lakes. Feel free to PM me.



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That is one awesome tank Fitz!!!!

Tff tourney at fitz's tank

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