Kalei
05-28-2007, 05:28 PM
Well its been about a month and I've gotten my 55 gallon all together and cleared up since Queen was in it. At first I did a 75% water change and put new water in it. It was cloudy for a little while because the bacteria needed to get settled. Since it wasn't settling, I put some Cycle in the filter (and IRescue I know you think it doesn't help because its dead bacteria) but the reason the dead bacteria clears up the cloudiness is because it is dead and it groups together the live bacteria to balance it rightly in the water and keep good bacteria in the filter as well. And ever since, the water is so completely clear and beautiful, it just needed the boost.
Anyways after waiting til the water was clear, and tested PH and Ammonia and had the heat at the right temp, I went and got my fishies! I've slowly introduced fish with each other and my tank is doing so great! I have fallen in love with it:D So...without further to do here is some pics!
This is a pic of the whole tank:
http://i15.tinypic.com/4m7lz83.jpg
Left side of the tank:
http://i13.tinypic.com/6hh0m4k.jpg
And please disregard the dates on the pictures, the date was wrong when I got the camera (its new) and after I noticed that it was showing up on the pictures I was mad, now my pictures have incorrect dates on them :o
Right side of tank:
http://i9.tinypic.com/62ivdqq.jpg
These are my two favorite fish, I don't know what to name them though.
http://i10.tinypic.com/67r0vh0.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/6co2t5s.jpg
http://i8.tinypic.com/4qr0k9f.jpg
But as you can tell by the pics, the new camera works great!
http://i16.tinypic.com/66bmav8.jpg
This is one of my two catfish sharks, he has taken over the large stump ornament as his home. And man, catfish sharks are great catfish, they never miss a flake that reaches the ground.
http://i11.tinypic.com/4xksbaq.jpg
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Anyways after waiting til the water was clear, and tested PH and Ammonia and had the heat at the right temp, I went and got my fishies! I've slowly introduced fish with each other and my tank is doing so great! I have fallen in love with it:D So...without further to do here is some pics!
This is a pic of the whole tank:
http://i15.tinypic.com/4m7lz83.jpg
Left side of the tank:
http://i13.tinypic.com/6hh0m4k.jpg
And please disregard the dates on the pictures, the date was wrong when I got the camera (its new) and after I noticed that it was showing up on the pictures I was mad, now my pictures have incorrect dates on them :o
Right side of tank:
http://i9.tinypic.com/62ivdqq.jpg
These are my two favorite fish, I don't know what to name them though.
http://i10.tinypic.com/67r0vh0.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/6co2t5s.jpg
http://i8.tinypic.com/4qr0k9f.jpg
But as you can tell by the pics, the new camera works great!
http://i16.tinypic.com/66bmav8.jpg
This is one of my two catfish sharks, he has taken over the large stump ornament as his home. And man, catfish sharks are great catfish, they never miss a flake that reaches the ground.
http://i11.tinypic.com/4xksbaq.jpg
More in Next Post!