I got a new waterhome 20 kit yesterday with a metal stand!! It was a bit more expensive than I thought it would b cause the stand wasnt included in the price, that was just for the geosystems. Anyway after about 30 minutes of arguing and pleading I finally got my mom to buy the tank. We might set it up tomorrow but first we gotta move around some other tanks and fix some things. Stripe's 10 gallon will go on the bottom part of the stand. Ish and Fin and their frieds will b moving into this one, and it came with an aquaclear 30 so finally they'll have enough filtration!!!!

congrats on the new tank!!!!!!! I want one so bad !!!! I need one so bad!!!!!your sooooo lucky what were your tactics on wearing down your mom ,I'll use it on my hubby..lol

Congrats. Cant wait to see pics

Yes, please post pics!!!

I will post pics when I set it up which might b today, we'll need to level it first cause right now where iv'e got it standing till I can move it its so uneven one corner isnt even touching!

Yea balancing is a must!! Glad you relized that, most would have filled it up anyways.

Haha, that's funny b/c my mom and I were at the a chain petstore the other day, and she said "I'm so glad they didn't have places like this when you were a kid, I never could say no to you, our house would have been a zoo!"

Congrats on the tank, that's always exciting!

we put something under the stand that made it perfectly level but now that its filled up its slightly uneven again . I think it will b ok though especially since the tank is only 20 gallons. The fish r in the tank now, Ish is actually swimming around not just hiding all day. I had to switch heaters though cause I was using a hagen elite submersible but the suction cups dont stick long so it keeps falling in the water so I had to take it out and it also doesnt fit very well with the canopy so I put in the one that came with the tank, Im gonna turn it on when I get back from school. Right now I have 2 black skirt tetras, 1 white skirt tetra, 1 glolight tetra, 1 pistilla tetra and 1 chinese algae eater. Im not overstocked yet and i HAVE EXTRA FILTRATION SO iM GOING TO GET 1 MORE WHITE SKIRT TETRA and 2 glolight tetras cause Sparky is lonely, the pistilla tetra doesnt mind swimming with the other fish.

(sorry, caps lock went on for some reason lol)

pics now

also don't forget to qt..

Hehe, yeah I was like, why is she emphasizing this part?? Did I miss something? and then I read the last sentence... Starting up new tanks are always fun and exciting... now it's time for pics!

pics coming very soon. My mom said Im not allowed to get more fish but dont worry i'll work on that lol, poor Sparky is lonely. My mom bought me some silk plants so now it looks a litle better cause I took out the colorful not so natuarl looking plants. I added some bubbles with my handy dandy airpump lol but I didnt like it and it scared the fish so I took that out again.