Starting out

As I mentioned the tank had been empty for several years. It is a twenty nine gallon so a mid size tank. It has large sharp edged substrate (gravel) at the bottom and so is not suitable for bottom feeders like catfish. At this stage it has a rod heater but I am looking at upgrading to a substrate heater in the future. There are three plants currently in the tank which I bought with the fish and two small leaved and one large leafed one. I'll explain why its important to put plants in first in a later post. For fish I have four grayish minnows and three red Platy's. All seems to be going good so far after three days.