PlasticGalaxy
Fish Gatherer
02.03.2021
Here goes nothing!
This is my first project/undertaking involving fish. The plan is to have a planted tank with black sand as a substrate, dwarf hairgrass, amazon frogbit and possibly java fern for my guppies and corys to go in.
For now, I'm still in the stage where I'm debating on a good stock. Currently, my thoughts are guppies (both male and female), 3 bronze corys + 3 albino corys, and possibly a vampire shrimp. As of now, I already have the 8 male guppies, 6 corys and the shrimp stocked in my larger tank. Advice on my stock is VERY much appreciated here.
I'm going in with a 54L/14G tank that measures 2ft wide, 1ft deep and 1ft high. This will be a lidless tank with, if I can get my hands on one, a Nicrew Classic LED light that @PhoenixKingZ recommended to me. (I don't know how to @ people so this is the best we're getting.)
Once I have the tank completely set up, I'm hoping to do a fishless cycle prior to stocking it. But that's quite far into the future right now, so I'll try not to get ahead of myself. It's probably obvious, but I'm very excited.
Here's my tank currently. All I've done today was clean the substrate and put it in the tank. Hoping to get my cabinet/stand in the next couple of days, and I'm hoping to begin work properly by the start of next week!
Right now it's sitting on top of my wardrobe, in front of a butterfly frame that's not been in use since April 2019 ?... By Monday I'll have moved it onto the cabinet that I've gotten for it, so it won't stay up there forever.
As I've said previously, I am very new to fishkeeping overall, and this is the first time that I've ever tried my hand at a planted tank. Another thing to note is that, while I have done a fair amount of research on the plants, substrate and lights, I only have a vague idea of how to work this out. So please, to anyone who reads this and has any knowledge on this that I don't, please help me out! It'd mean a lot.
And when I say this, I mean anything. Single sentence ideas up to long paragraphs on what I could do would all be greatly appreciated.
Let's hope this goes well, wish me luck!
Here goes nothing!
This is my first project/undertaking involving fish. The plan is to have a planted tank with black sand as a substrate, dwarf hairgrass, amazon frogbit and possibly java fern for my guppies and corys to go in.
For now, I'm still in the stage where I'm debating on a good stock. Currently, my thoughts are guppies (both male and female), 3 bronze corys + 3 albino corys, and possibly a vampire shrimp. As of now, I already have the 8 male guppies, 6 corys and the shrimp stocked in my larger tank. Advice on my stock is VERY much appreciated here.
I'm going in with a 54L/14G tank that measures 2ft wide, 1ft deep and 1ft high. This will be a lidless tank with, if I can get my hands on one, a Nicrew Classic LED light that @PhoenixKingZ recommended to me. (I don't know how to @ people so this is the best we're getting.)
Once I have the tank completely set up, I'm hoping to do a fishless cycle prior to stocking it. But that's quite far into the future right now, so I'll try not to get ahead of myself. It's probably obvious, but I'm very excited.
Here's my tank currently. All I've done today was clean the substrate and put it in the tank. Hoping to get my cabinet/stand in the next couple of days, and I'm hoping to begin work properly by the start of next week!
Right now it's sitting on top of my wardrobe, in front of a butterfly frame that's not been in use since April 2019 ?... By Monday I'll have moved it onto the cabinet that I've gotten for it, so it won't stay up there forever.
As I've said previously, I am very new to fishkeeping overall, and this is the first time that I've ever tried my hand at a planted tank. Another thing to note is that, while I have done a fair amount of research on the plants, substrate and lights, I only have a vague idea of how to work this out. So please, to anyone who reads this and has any knowledge on this that I don't, please help me out! It'd mean a lot.
And when I say this, I mean anything. Single sentence ideas up to long paragraphs on what I could do would all be greatly appreciated.
Let's hope this goes well, wish me luck!
) After a couple of weeks, look at the photo you took and compare it to what the tanks looks like now. If there is significant plants growth, add a few fish. Test every day for ammonia and nitrite. If they stay at zero for several days, get a few more fish. Continue adding fish a few at a time till it's fully stocked. While you are slowly building up the fish stock the plants will grow even more so they'll be capable of removing even more ammonia.
