Jared Andrews

At this point I was ready to really start building the tank out. My plan looked like this:

1. Buy a new tank
2. Buy hardscape, substrate, filter, heater and lighting
3. Determine hardscape arrangement
4. Quarter fill tank with water from one of the old tanks and marinate a used filter in it
5. Buy plants locally
6. Plant them and fill tank all the way
7. Order additional plants online
8. Cycle the tank
9. Move Grandpa's fish into their new home

It was time for step 2. I went on over to Luckys Aquarium a local aquarium store I had never visted. Boy did I get uhhhh, lucky with this one. They had everything I needed and a great selection of freshwater plants for a future visit. I went home with a bunch of "Seryu Hill Stone", a great piece of spider wood, substrate and a new sponge filter.