Kowalski
Fish Fanatic
All set up and running minus the hood and fish.
Substrate: Black "Moon Sand"
Plants: As of now, mostly plastic minus Java Moss on a decoration. Soon to be added: Two medium Java Ferns from previous tank.
Background: Simple black posterboard taped on, haha.
Filter: Penguin 200
Hood: Standard hood for a 20 gallon should be arriving soon in the mail.
I've put the Bio-Wheel from my previous tank's filter on top of the tank to float around, I don't know, figured maybe it'd help. I added a tiny bit of Stress Coat, only 1/2 teaspoon. I have gathered up a bunch of gravel from my previous tank as well and put that in the tank on the bottom within a pantyhose (classy, I know). Also, I've put the filter cartridge from my previous filter in the new filter in front of the new filter cartridge. I'm hoping these actions will help avoid a cycle. Do you think this'll turn out for the best? I'm going to let the filter run without any fish in it for tonight. Tomorrow I'll test water and probably add a pH setting powder that also get rids of heavy metals and etc. I need to do that because I used not only water from my old tank (about 9 gallons of it) but also mixed it with tap water.
Any advice? Did I do anything wrong? This is my first transfer to a big tank.
Substrate: Black "Moon Sand"
Plants: As of now, mostly plastic minus Java Moss on a decoration. Soon to be added: Two medium Java Ferns from previous tank.
Background: Simple black posterboard taped on, haha.
Filter: Penguin 200
Hood: Standard hood for a 20 gallon should be arriving soon in the mail.
I've put the Bio-Wheel from my previous tank's filter on top of the tank to float around, I don't know, figured maybe it'd help. I added a tiny bit of Stress Coat, only 1/2 teaspoon. I have gathered up a bunch of gravel from my previous tank as well and put that in the tank on the bottom within a pantyhose (classy, I know). Also, I've put the filter cartridge from my previous filter in the new filter in front of the new filter cartridge. I'm hoping these actions will help avoid a cycle. Do you think this'll turn out for the best? I'm going to let the filter run without any fish in it for tonight. Tomorrow I'll test water and probably add a pH setting powder that also get rids of heavy metals and etc. I need to do that because I used not only water from my old tank (about 9 gallons of it) but also mixed it with tap water.
Any advice? Did I do anything wrong? This is my first transfer to a big tank.