160L Tropical Fish Aquarium,my First One

[deannos]

Ok, got my tank filled up (Juwel Vision 160L) and started on the "aquascaping". I went for slate bought from the local garden center and  play sand on the bottom. Also have some driftwood in there,from lfs and just waiting on some live plants. The filter is a fluval 206 external which states its good up to 200L. I have the temp set around 25C. Had everything running for 24 hours and done some water tests.Day 1 of the fish-less cycle process
PH 7.6
Ammonia 0.25
Nitrate 0
Nitrate 5.0

 

[stanleo]

Looking good so far, love the piece on the left. 
 
Glad to see you are fishless cycling. Did you start with 3ppm of ammonia? 

 

[deannos]

Hi, those were my tap readings. I added 3ppm of ammonia and done the water test about an hour later. All the readings are as they should be