Freshwater for the Kids! Build

[jeb102385]

Usually most the fish you use to cycle a tank die... so I wouldn't use good fish. Maybe rosies or gubbies. But not angles and corys

[mr504]

I'm starting out my 75 gallon. Getting the tank delivered tomorrow.
Thinking about some angelfish, tetras and Cory to help with the cycle.

What type of filter are you planning on using ?

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[troy tucker]

I agree. a 75g is a good community tank. As for wet/dry? A big canister is easier.
You could stock with angels small geo.s and lots of colorful tetras.

[jeb102385]

I think a community tank would be a nice relaxing tank. A large fish like angels or something, with tetras, rasporas, and cory cats. The corys rasporas and tetras school which is nice.

[AHP]

So I want to start a 75g freashwater build for my kids.
All of my past exp and research has been with saltwater, which was a long time ago.
This build will mostly take a couple of months to get going but i wanted to start with a foundation and track my progress here.

So far i only have the tank (75g) and i have been researching lights and building a wet/dry sump. Other that, thats about how far i have gotten. I am very interested in hearing about other folks setups.
I would like to have live plants and a fairly good cleaning crew. When it comes to fish i havent really made any choices.

I would love to hear suggestions and ideas to get a good way to start.
Thanks for viewing and i hope to make my kids happy with this build, even though i will be doing all the work. Lol