Cue the Imperial Army Music

The new aquarium has arrived! 30 gallons, 3 feet long. It's a thing of beauty. Filling it one Rice bucket at a time was actually no small chore. As a neat sidenote, you can actually see how much water was dumped in at a time judging by the lines of bubbles along the sides of the glass.

Now I realize most hobbyists own tanks that are 55 gallons and up, but this is a major undertaking for me since I still don't know what I'm doing. However, in one of the few money-saving measures of this undertaking, I am filling the aquarium with tap water and letting it sit for a few days while the chlorine evaporates (theoretically, this should only take a day, but I'm about to leave town for sunny Long Beach).

I also started up my Empire 280 (gallons of circulation per hour) that should be overkill, but hopefully I can stock my tank with more fish. My only concern is that it will agitate the surface too mcuh and release some much-needed CO2.