and... SCORE! lol

[froggsong]

So... I went to swap dog foods and pick up my limited supply of crickets (two dozen per day per household limit...), and what did I see? 75g tanks for a DOLLAR PER GALLON! Oh the wondrousness, lol... If I'd had the money, I think I would have gotten two and used one of those for the CWDs big tank, but this one will be for fish.

I can't wait! I'm just sooo excited. My hubby is going to talk to a fellow about building a stand and canopy for us. He says he'll most likely do it at cost because he really enjoys working with wood. So, once we get all that done, I'm going to have a wonderfully big tank to work with (here's hoping the floor holds up, lol...).

pssstttt.... beck, you got anymore plants you want to donate? lol... I've got all the java (doing nicely), and all the feathery stuff, but I don't think any of the guppy grass is still in there... (don't know WHAT happened to it...). The java ferns are doing great too, but my bronze wendtii melted. I'll just have to get some more. I'll be ordering the plants online, most likely, so if anyone has any vendors they'd like to recommend before I start looking, I'd appreciate it.

We'll have extra money and all when my honey deploys next time, so I'll have plenty of time and money to spend getting it just right.

[darc]

Wow... nice price.

Pics?
-darc

[froggsong]

Of the empty tank? lol... not yet, but if you want them, heh... I can throw in the cat for a size reference.

[beckdg]

ahhh, the old cat fish trick.

i've got plenty of java moss, lol. i got rid of the guppy grass since it tried to take over both my tanks. i might have a surviving sprig in the 50 but i doubt it. i did just re-do the 30 so if you want more java moss let me know now before it all dies in a bucket. i've got a clump bigger than 2 fists (out of tank).

best resource i've used so far is the classifieds at aquariacentral.
i hear excellent things about the classifieds at aquaticplantcentral and swap and shop over at plantedtank.net also.
bobstropicalplants.com has an excellent following, track record and reputation within the planted tank community also. on forums bob goes by mgamer20o0 and he has excellent prices and from what i hear nice, healthy specimens. he deals more in the less demanding, more common plants that would do well without co2 as far as i've seen too which is good.

we have a couple plant people on our site too that might be willing to offer up some goodies if they currently have some extras.

[aquariumreef]

Reeeeeeeeeeef! Do a Reeeeeeef!

Aquariumreef

[froggsong]

hmmm... I could probably do the java... I don't know what I'd do with it ATM, though... Maybe throw it in the palu so it doesn't just die in a bucket here, lol...

A reef? Maybe one day. I'd love to do one, but not in a tank like this. I'd prefer a cube for a reef, taller and not as long. I've seem some cubes done as reefs and I just love them. I'm not ready for that, though. Too much work, too much to learn, etc etc. I've got enough work to do with a FW planted and enough to learn for that too, lol.

I'm hoping to be able to do CO2 and eventually do a planted sump. We'll be saving a ton of money when Chris deploys (part of the time it will be tax free and all that good stuff), so I'll have money to devote to the tank. If it ends up being too late for me to start school this semester, I'll also have a ton of time to devote to getting it all set up and running, too. In fact, lets just call this my "I'll be lonely and need something to take my mind off of it" project. hehehe... I'm not planning on doing much more than getting the stand built and getting water and substrate in it for now. Although, I WAS planning to use the filters from the 30g for it, so I'm not sure how I'm going to juggle that one. I DO have a huge pump (running in the palu ATM), and a canister that I can use either for the 30g or for the new tank, so I'll probably juggle them around a bit for now, then get a better system going when I get to adding in the sump. I may see if I can find plans to build a DIY "cannister" out of a 5g bucket (something I've been wanting to do for quite some time).

For now, if any of you have pictures or links to cool stand designs, that would be awesome. I have to get some plans ready for the guy that's building ours. I don't have any nice furniture to model it after, so this will likely end up being what we model the rest of our furniture after eventually. I know I want it to have doors, maybe with two narrow cabinet areas on each side and then one wider one in the middle, for the sump (most likely going to be a 20g tall, since I have one already).

[beckdg]

well, let me know then. it's been in a bucket for a couple days and i'm having a hard time deciding what i'll do with it (keep it or not). it IS outside right now getting some good light though so it should hold over for a little while although i have no idea how long.

[froggsong]

Well, I left the moss you sent me last time in a bucket with no light for at least two weeks, if that's any indication.

I'll take it if you decide to get rid of it. How much do you want for it, including shipping (it will probably have to wait till the 15th, as we are now broke, lol)?

[beckdg]

i'll send you a pm when i send it out. i can wait for payment for you, that's fine. i'm just glad you can use it at this point.

[froggsong]

Thanks! Whatever I don't use in the tank can be set aside in another tank to wait to go in the sump. I do have some rocks I'd like to tie some to. How does it do in low light conditions? I'd like to get some growing on the rocks in the palu.