I'm going to start using this thread to keep track of the things I need to buy, or research. Also, I will post some reference videos that I might need to watch more than once. IT COULD GET BORING.
Shopping:
LECA
bio ribbon? idk
1 1/14 pvc male threaded connector (need to figure out the size of another connector before buying this stuff)
sturdy trashcan or tub for bio filter
hoses for filtration
If you're wondering why I am going to all this trouble. LOOK AT BERTHA. She (or he, idk) is over a foot long now. This fish could get two feet long. She makes footlong poops, already. wtf? (Bertha is the pleco laying there looking all innocent in this photo, but really she is a terrorist and the reason I can't put plants in this tank, also she whaps the other fish with her fins sometimes)