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Tank has sand :) Ready for cycling soon im hoping. Just letting the water clear up a little. Pictures:
 
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Yay sand! :D
 
It looks lovely.
 
Thanks to my impatience, I have done another WC, this time 95%. Put a plastic sheet on the bottom so I did not disturb the sand, and this is the result. 
 
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The mini sun that you might see is my lamp. I was using it so I can see while doing the waterchange :) 
 
That is a LOT clearer! Good job :) 
 
I have started cycling as of yesterday, using 3ppm of ammonia. Filter will be turned off each night until I fix it (It doesn't seem to fit properly so is making noise)
Will do a water test tomorrow
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Picture of ammonia results after adding 7mL of Cloudy Ammonia:
 
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Let's hope after the cycle the ammonia reading is never that high :p 
 
Water has tannins. Temperature is 30 degrees Celsius. 
 
Day three of the cycle: 
Ammonia reading: Looks like 2.0ppm (Or even 3.0)
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nirtate: 0 ppm
 
I'm pretty sure (Maybe not, as its hard to tell the colour) that the ammonia level is at 2 ppm. 
 
I've trained myself to see only green, yellow, and not yellow enough lol all the levels of green don't seem to matter so much since it's all in a sense the same thing...bad.
 
Yay! I told you the plastic sheet would work! :lol: Looking great, cant wait to see you plant it! Also, look for java fern windelov, you may enjoy that! ;)
 
Day five of the cycle :) 
Ammonia: 2ppm for sure this time.
Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
 
Still working out planting list (Done research this time!)
Anubias Nana for the driftwood.
Ambulia for backround plant. 
 
I am open to suggestions! But please note not everything is available in my country :) Read this link to see the basics of what we have: 
http://www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/read/story/1037/
 
My tank is 60cm deep and only has 11w of light... I might up it to 22w, but im not sure, because the light socket is dodgy. 
Will be dosing Flourish as well :)
 
Day six of the cycle ( as I forgot to turn my filter on yesterday)
 
Ammonia is still 2ppm.
 
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Might not post until tomorrow, or Monday, as Cyclone Lusi might cut off the power :) 
 
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