chlwong Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hey everyone!I'm completely new to aquariums and I recently started up with my girlfriend and my little brother. We have a good friend who has had aquariums for a good decade or so now and he's been introducing us to it slowly and well, gave me this site.I'm located in Calgary and for the past week we've been slowly gathering supplies and setting up tanks. With boxing day sales, it's been a blast!I've been working on terrariums for a few months now. I've also been working on my garden with my Grandpa for a couple years.As I'm only starting out now, I decided to go cheap in case this isn't something I truly love and end up giving the stuff away. I have a Tetra, 10gal starting kit. I also bought some light bulbs from Walmart that were recommended to me for growing plants (http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/6000188529292). I have some aquatic soil, a heater and a few decoration items. Anyways, my current plans are to either get a pure shrimp tank (probably cherry), or a more community tank with a variety of small fish.I'm also looking for carpet plants and other live plants as well. That's about it! Looking forward to reading posts you all make! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hello and welcome to AA. I don't do much shrimp/fish however if you had any planted tank questions, I'd be happy to help you with answers. For the link, yes basically anything in the 6000K spectrum range is fine. Very common is 6400k, 6500k and 6700k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogfish Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hi and welcome, I hope you enjoy the hobby as much as we do. I started with a free 20g tank that I didn't even want and now have 3 hi tech planted tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chlwong Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 @ckmullin Great! I actually do have some questions. Keep an eye out for some pm's from me @Frogfish haha, I'm half worried and half excited. I'm more than sure I'll love this. I'm currently cycling my tank and I'm already in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin2you Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 I have 2 planted tanks & am in Airdrie, sometimes I have clippings available for a reasonable price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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