Hello
Just got my new 240L tropical tank setup (uprading from a 90L)on Saturday
The aim is to get a planted tank populated with all the inhabitants of the 90l tank which is woefully overstocked 2 angelfish 2 botia loaches 2 kuhli loaches 2 or 3 ottocinclus, 2 algae eaters 9 neons , 1 Tiger Plecostomus, 2 small plecostomus , an increasing number of livebearers (from 6 to 12 in 3 month), two armourd shrimp, 2 nerite and an inderminate of assassin snails (5+), Red Cherry shrimp (14 at last count) and an ever increasing army of pond/pest snails. The tank is heavily planted, and keeping track of all its inhabitants has proven difficult, since I noticed that some fish just pass dissapear (I assume they died and were cleaned up/eaten by the snails/shrimp/other tankmates)
want to move the whole lot rehome the angels to get a shoal of 8 juvenile angelfish or 6 discus.
I'm trying my hand at fishless cycling. I found some household ammonia (9.5% Manufactured by barretine); added 10ml to get to a concentration of approx 4 to 5 ppm.
I'm also using JBL denitrol (10ml/day) and adding a knifetip of finely crushed fishfood , adding CO2 (liquid additive) daily, and some phosphate (0.1ppm) and plant ferts.
So far the tank contains 11 potted plants and a big piece of driftwood root (looks like a 90cm by 50cm lattice of root and some smaller mopani wood
The filter is seeded using the sponges from my first tank.
So far it's day 2.
NH3/NH4 = +/- 4.9 ppm
NO2 = 0.1<<x<0.2
NO3 not tested yet
PH in the 7 - 7.5 range
the odd thing is some white fluffy stuff is growing on the wood. I'm assuming it's some sort of fungus eating at the soft part of the wood but I'm trusting it'll clear up
Am I missing anything? Anything that will speed up the cycling for I need to have the fish moved and happy in their new home before July 5th.
Any input welcome
There's a ma
Just got my new 240L tropical tank setup (uprading from a 90L)on Saturday
The aim is to get a planted tank populated with all the inhabitants of the 90l tank which is woefully overstocked 2 angelfish 2 botia loaches 2 kuhli loaches 2 or 3 ottocinclus, 2 algae eaters 9 neons , 1 Tiger Plecostomus, 2 small plecostomus , an increasing number of livebearers (from 6 to 12 in 3 month), two armourd shrimp, 2 nerite and an inderminate of assassin snails (5+), Red Cherry shrimp (14 at last count) and an ever increasing army of pond/pest snails. The tank is heavily planted, and keeping track of all its inhabitants has proven difficult, since I noticed that some fish just pass dissapear (I assume they died and were cleaned up/eaten by the snails/shrimp/other tankmates)
want to move the whole lot rehome the angels to get a shoal of 8 juvenile angelfish or 6 discus.
I'm trying my hand at fishless cycling. I found some household ammonia (9.5% Manufactured by barretine); added 10ml to get to a concentration of approx 4 to 5 ppm.
I'm also using JBL denitrol (10ml/day) and adding a knifetip of finely crushed fishfood , adding CO2 (liquid additive) daily, and some phosphate (0.1ppm) and plant ferts.
So far the tank contains 11 potted plants and a big piece of driftwood root (looks like a 90cm by 50cm lattice of root and some smaller mopani wood
The filter is seeded using the sponges from my first tank.
So far it's day 2.
NH3/NH4 = +/- 4.9 ppm
NO2 = 0.1<<x<0.2
NO3 not tested yet
PH in the 7 - 7.5 range
the odd thing is some white fluffy stuff is growing on the wood. I'm assuming it's some sort of fungus eating at the soft part of the wood but I'm trusting it'll clear up
Am I missing anything? Anything that will speed up the cycling for I need to have the fish moved and happy in their new home before July 5th.
Any input welcome
There's a ma
