Hello Everyone!
I've previously had a 55G aquarium set up with your typical crap: plastic plants and black sand substrate. We've moved and have our first house and the tank is now completely empty and no hood / lights (got rid of them, they were really quite awful).
So I literally have an empty 55G and a stand with a bunch of black sand which I have removed but still have.
I've tried so hard to find a complete tutorial video on what I'd need and I just can't find one! There is no tutorial out there what literally start from point A alllll the way to Z with FULL information, at least from the ones I've been bumping into.
What light / hood I need to get
What substrates I need
What sort of filtration is required and what should be purchased
What can be expected / water changes
Do I need to add supplements / how often
I literally need it all and just can't find it anywhere.
They seem like such simple topics but literally every video skips at least on of these things and I'm left scratching my head. I got to another video and the next one conflicts with what the first one said. There are so many different opinions and I'm completely lost, actually worse off then when I started thinking about it. And my biggest pet peeve is stuff listed as a "tutorial" when it's really a time-lapse. Lots of those around...
Please help a noob out. I'm done with plastic plants.
I have a moderate amount I can spend to fix this tank up.
I've previously had a 55G aquarium set up with your typical crap: plastic plants and black sand substrate. We've moved and have our first house and the tank is now completely empty and no hood / lights (got rid of them, they were really quite awful).
So I literally have an empty 55G and a stand with a bunch of black sand which I have removed but still have.
I've tried so hard to find a complete tutorial video on what I'd need and I just can't find one! There is no tutorial out there what literally start from point A alllll the way to Z with FULL information, at least from the ones I've been bumping into.
What light / hood I need to get
What substrates I need
What sort of filtration is required and what should be purchased
What can be expected / water changes
Do I need to add supplements / how often
I literally need it all and just can't find it anywhere.
They seem like such simple topics but literally every video skips at least on of these things and I'm left scratching my head. I got to another video and the next one conflicts with what the first one said. There are so many different opinions and I'm completely lost, actually worse off then when I started thinking about it. And my biggest pet peeve is stuff listed as a "tutorial" when it's really a time-lapse. Lots of those around...
Please help a noob out. I'm done with plastic plants.
I have a moderate amount I can spend to fix this tank up.