{"id":470,"date":"2011-06-05T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.chewbode.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2016-04-24T18:13:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T22:13:03","slug":"the-final-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/05\/the-final-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been sick since Tuesday night, and finally started feeling good enough yesterday afternoon to go out and get some fresh air. My wandering found me at Pet Smart where I decided to finally make the leap: I bought a new freshwater tank.<\/p>\n<p>I picked up a Top Fin 37-gallon Starter Kit which came with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tank (30.25&#8243; L x 12.5&#8243; W x 22.75&#8243; H)<\/li>\n<li>Hood with a 20-watt, 30&#8243; fluorescent bulb<\/li>\n<li>Glass canopy<\/li>\n<li>Adjustable 200-watt heater<\/li>\n<li>Strip thermometer<\/li>\n<li>Top Fin Power Filter 40 with cartridge<\/li>\n<li>Sample fish food, water treatment pack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also bought:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black stand with doors<\/li>\n<li>(4) new Money Wort plants<\/li>\n<li>(4) Neon Tetras<\/li>\n<li>Glass thermometer<\/li>\n<li>Blue background<\/li>\n<li>Extra carbon pellets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After getting home, I drained the 20-gallon temporary tank that was on the kitchen counter and relocated the fish into a plastic tote, then did the same with the 10-gallon tank and put those fish in a different tote (alone with the new tetras and plants).<\/p>\n<p>I was then able to tear apart the 10-gallon tank and move the old stand from it&#8217;s resting place. I built the new stand and put it in place, then placed the tank on it. After mounting the blue background and properly trimming it, I pushed the entire system against the wall, mounted the filter and heater, and prepped all the electrical.<\/p>\n<p>After emptying the 10 and 20-gallon tanks, I cleaned all the gravel and got the 25-lb. bag of gravel from the closet and rinsed it too. That all went in the tank, and then I added the fake rocks and plants, and mounted the thermometer.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I added the water in. After starting up the filter and heater, I tested the pH and found it to be higher than 7.6, essentially meaning it was off my chart. I added some pH balancer before going to bed. After waking up this morning, I retested and the pH was still at the 7.6+ level, so I added in another batch of treatment as well as some balancing pellets. I&#8217;m hoping the water is ready for the plants and fish in the next few hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been sick since Tuesday night, and finally started feeling good enough yesterday afternoon to go out and get some fresh air. My wandering found me at Pet Smart where I decided to finally make the leap: I bought a new freshwater tank. I picked up a Top Fin 37-gallon Starter Kit which came with: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquarium"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}