Also, neutral colored sand is better than white, white will stress the fish and they will be pale
New to fish keeping.
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I will return this bag and purchase some normal sand tomorrow! Do I have to clean the sand? Also will the plants I bought be ok for the night?Also, neutral colored sand is better than white, white will stress the fish and they will be pale
Sand is usually dusty so it will need washing. Put some in a bucket and run water into the bucket. Give it a good swirl round then empty the dusty water and repeat until the water is just about clear. Then wash the next batch of sand.
Do this before setting the tank up as it can take some time depending on how dusty the sand is.
The plants will be OK overnight in a bucket of water.
Do this before setting the tank up as it can take some time depending on how dusty the sand is.
The plants will be OK overnight in a bucket of water.
bapsbreed
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you should google it.
Sounds good!
Also any reason I would have 0 ppm of Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate? Do I just have perfect water? I filled the tank half way dechlorinated, planted, filled it all the way up dechlorinated and put the recommended amount of bacteria water in it. I also got a better filter, in the form of the Penguin Power Filter 150 with the bio-wheel. The tests were performed about 4 hours after I set up my tank.
Did you add any ammonia? You need to add ammonia to start the cycle
I was advised to do a silent cycle.
That explains it lol, how do I know if the silent cycle is done/if anything is happening?
Test it. If you see nitrates in your water, that means that your cycle is happening. Ammonia and nitrite should be zero while nitrate should have some number above zero.
Wait about a week and see if the plants are showing obvious signs of growth, if they are growing well you can start slowly adding fish
Too warm for most. What fish are you wanting?
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