Hello all,
I just wanted to introduce myself quickly as I'm now the owner of a nice Amazon 160L Corner tank and will likely be asking you all for advice very soon! I plan to set it up and start cycling this coming weekend. Eventually, I hope to have a nice planted and real-rock/cavey environment for a community tank with one or two nice centre pieces - maybe a school of dalmation mollies, some Corys, a Bristlenose and then either / or (or both?!) a couple dwarf gouramis / a figure 8 puffer. I need to research all this in more depth first though, of course, for compatibility etc.
I wondered two things about setting up the tank, though, and hoped someone might be able to anwer:
1) While I plan to use natural (smallish grained) gravel, is it worth using a soil substrate underneath that? And is it worth investing in specially designed 'soil' such as Tetra Complete Substrate?
2) Should I plant my tank before or after cycling? Before would likely be easier / less messy but I don't want to make cycling any more difficult than it already sounds!
Nice to meet you all - and many thanks for any help now and in the future!
Scott
I just wanted to introduce myself quickly as I'm now the owner of a nice Amazon 160L Corner tank and will likely be asking you all for advice very soon! I plan to set it up and start cycling this coming weekend. Eventually, I hope to have a nice planted and real-rock/cavey environment for a community tank with one or two nice centre pieces - maybe a school of dalmation mollies, some Corys, a Bristlenose and then either / or (or both?!) a couple dwarf gouramis / a figure 8 puffer. I need to research all this in more depth first though, of course, for compatibility etc.
I wondered two things about setting up the tank, though, and hoped someone might be able to anwer:
1) While I plan to use natural (smallish grained) gravel, is it worth using a soil substrate underneath that? And is it worth investing in specially designed 'soil' such as Tetra Complete Substrate?
2) Should I plant my tank before or after cycling? Before would likely be easier / less messy but I don't want to make cycling any more difficult than it already sounds!
Nice to meet you all - and many thanks for any help now and in the future!
Scott