New Tanks

I picked up a couple of 5.5 gallon fish tanks today. I was going to buy the $10 10 gallon ones from Petco, but they were 1/2" too tall for the space I have (I brought a measuring tape). I also bought glass versa-tops and sand. I'm going to mix a bag of black with a handful or two of the gray for added texture. For filtration, I'm going to use a couple of air driven sponge filters. I haven't decided what I'll do for lighting yet, but I'm thinking the low cost shop lamp method. Another option is to buy one more tank/top and use a 48" strip light. Anyway, I'm going to make both planted and one will be a shrimp tank. I'm going to use guppies to cycle the tanks and then throw them in my 29 gallon tank.
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you can order some neat led lights from china for it. ive done it before and always loved it. just my two cents. gl with them.

My reservation with LEDs is that I keep hearing people talk about theirs going out. They say the replacement bulbs are really expensive. Some even had to replace the whole lighting system.

i feel the same way, easier to replace a light bulb than a entire led fixture

Nice. I like your sand colors.

gl I'm looking forward to seeing thier progression

well at like 15$ for a light setup shipped to your door its not like replacing after a couple of years is that bad. worked for me and is currently working for JMW i assume.. lol recently sold the setup off.