Hello

[Regis]

Hi everyone,
I am new to the hobby. I started my first tank in March of this year. Thanks to YouTube and the many different aquarium forums like this one, now there are 5 tanks in my house. A 20 gallon traditional display, a 40 breeder Walstad tank, a 10 gallon neocardinia tank, a 10 gallon growout tank for the 40+ CPD fry I bred from 1 male and 3 females, and now there is a 20 gallon tank waiting for some special fish from Select Aquatics, Limia Peguria.
I am looking forward to meeting some of you and learning as much as I can.
Regis

 

[DMD123]

Welcome to the forum.

Look forward to updates on your tanks. We all appreciate pics! (Hint, hint, lol)

 

[Regis]

Ok, here are my tanks:

First is my very first tank that lives in our dinning room. The second picture is the set up I have in the storage room behind the garage. From left to right, 40 gallon Walstad, 10 gallon shrimp, 10 gallon CPD fry, 20 gallon waiting for the Limia Perugia (the zebra danios will have to find a new home).

 

[DMD123]

Loving all the live plants! That is one of the things on my bucket list of fish keeping /aquarium hobby.

What are you using for your lighting?

 

[Regis]

I have 3 different brands of light just so I could try them and see if there is a difference in how the plants respond. So far, I haven't seen any difference in plant growth. Also, the lights are on for 5 hours in the morning, off for 3 hours, then on again for 5 hours. This is Diana Walstad's suggestion to increase CO2 in the middle of the day naturally instead of injecting it artificially.

The main display tank in the house has Finnex Planted+ 24/7 ALC Aquarium LED Light
The 40 gallon and the 20 gallon have each a NICREW ClassicLED Plus Planted Aquarium Light
Each of the 10 gallon tanks have a Hygger 14W Full Spectrum Aquarium Light

 

[Betty]

Nice looking tanks. Five tanks in as many months -- awesome.