40 Gallon Freshwater

Ok, so a month or so ago I started a freshwater tank for my three year old daughter. It's a custom built ~40 gallon with custom stand passed down from Pops, Uncle Chuck and Mommy. Well, after a couple of weeks and a few of her own choices for decorations we have a successful tank with an orange guppy, an orange glo-fish, a chinese algae eater, and three neon tetras.

Future stocking ideas include (at her request):
A couple of small angels
a Black fish...lol...not sure which particular fish we may go with here
Another glofish or two
A few additional guppies
Perhaps a few blackskirts or other schooling fish.

anyway, here's a few pics so that you can see the tank:


A little closer for effect of the decorations:


Any thoughts, opinions, criticisms, etc. are welcome.

For the record, this is the tank he was referring to that his daughter was stocking with her toys one evening!!!

It fits her personality man!

I think it looks good for a little girls aquarium.

nice way to get the kids involved in dads hobby. excellent work

Cool. I bet she loves it!

She definitely loves it....bugs me all the time to go to "the fish store". I'd like to add/replace a few of the plants just to bring it together a little bit better. Time will tell how that goes.

Anyone see any issues on the future stocking ideas? It's been a long time since I've done a freshwater tank and my memory is sketchy.

Yuma wrote:She definitely loves it....bugs me all the time to go to "the fish store".

Come on now, tell the truth. You set that tank up for her so you'd have an excuse to go to "the fish store" for you.

I can neither confirm nor deny that statement.

What kind of filtration do u use?

man i need a mermaid in mines...shes kinda hot!! lol looks good!

taimoortwm wrote:What kind of filtration do u use?

Current filtration with the small bio-load is a Rena XP1. Running the 20MM foam, a bag of bio-rings, a bag of carbon, and the polishing filter.

Added two small angels last night. Hopefully the glo-fish will leave them alone. It ended up killing the smaller of the orange guppies.

Sounds like they need more space to me... maybe even a 55g????? lol

matt_longview wrote:Sounds like they need more space to me... maybe even a 55g????? lol

Hmmmm....if only I knew someone that was selling a full setup for a reasonable price....