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CMG · 02-08-2008, 04:14 PM

Welcome, sorry to hear your husband is away, I am a Marine and have left my finace behind also but she didnt go into fish like me! haha.

Anywyas, I had a 40g Freshwater tank too before I converted it into a salt water tank. I don't know where you are located but if you are near sonoma county in CA then I have a 5g bucket full of rock left over from my tank if you would like it. I think the rock helps the tank astheticaly and you need one for an undergravel filter which you arent running anyway.

I think your vacum/water change will vary depending on the amount of fish you have. My tank was stocked heavily and so I vacumed once a week and changed 10gallons with it once a week. But like I said, I had a lot of fish in that 40g. When the tank had 4 fish in it it was oncly cleaned once a month and was hardly dirty. But the fish didnt produce a lot of waste. Say you buy an algae eater, well they produce lots of waste so you may have to clean more often then if you bought 3 other fish that produced a lot less. You just have to watch the tank and watch how much nasty stuff comes out as you vacuum to get an idea of the level of waste, this will help determine your cleaning schedule.

My advice with regard to your fish store people is to do all your research online before you go in there, that way once you get there you can just walk in and tell them what you want and walk out without having to worry if they are going to give you bad advice.

Good luck.

02-08-2008, 04:14 PM	#14 (permalink)
CMG Torch coral Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sonoma County, CA Posts: 586 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Well, this is slightly amuzing..... Welcome, sorry to hear your husband is away, I am a Marine and have left my finace behind also but she didnt go into fish like me! haha. Anywyas, I had a 40g Freshwater tank too before I converted it into a salt water tank. I don't know where you are located but if you are near sonoma county in CA then I have a 5g bucket full of rock left over from my tank if you would like it. I think the rock helps the tank astheticaly and you need one for an undergravel filter which you arent running anyway. I think your vacum/water change will vary depending on the amount of fish you have. My tank was stocked heavily and so I vacumed once a week and changed 10gallons with it once a week. But like I said, I had a lot of fish in that 40g. When the tank had 4 fish in it it was oncly cleaned once a month and was hardly dirty. But the fish didnt produce a lot of waste. Say you buy an algae eater, well they produce lots of waste so you may have to clean more often then if you bought 3 other fish that produced a lot less. You just have to watch the tank and watch how much nasty stuff comes out as you vacuum to get an idea of the level of waste, this will help determine your cleaning schedule. My advice with regard to your fish store people is to do all your research online before you go in there, that way once you get there you can just walk in and tell them what you want and walk out without having to worry if they are going to give you bad advice. Good luck. __________________ My Chronical: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wlr-setup.html 40g, Purple Dartfish (squirley), Banggai Cardinal (Spot), 3 sand sifting snails, 3 nerite snails and a golden banded shrimp (Batman).