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Hi, and welcome to the forum.
We have a 'beginner's resource centre' (the link is in my sig) full of great articles for people just starting out in the hobby, which you might like to peruse
Oh, and well done on getting a nice size tank to start with! We get so many people on here who've just bought their first tank and it turns out to be 15l or something daft like that!
We have a 'beginner's resource centre' (the link is in my sig) full of great articles for people just starting out in the hobby, which you might like to peruse
Oh, and well done on getting a nice size tank to start with! We get so many people on here who've just bought their first tank and it turns out to be 15l or something daft like that!
SO my brain kind of hurts right now lol. I have washed and added the gravel and bogwood. And tonight Im going to fit the filter and heater and fill it with water. I have read the fishless cycle threads ten times lol but still have questions.
I bought a Fluval Roma 125l complete tank, filter, etc.
It came with two bottles of stuff and fish food. One bottle of Nutrafin Aqua PLus water conditioner and one of Nutrafin cycle.
Is it ok to put the water conditioner in once the tank is filled?
And at what point to I start adding the cycle?
I bought a Fluval Roma 125l complete tank, filter, etc.
It came with two bottles of stuff and fish food. One bottle of Nutrafin Aqua PLus water conditioner and one of Nutrafin cycle.
Is it ok to put the water conditioner in once the tank is filled?
And at what point to I start adding the cycle?
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Perhaps you could do a journal and log everything you do (add pics etc..)?
Perhaps you could do a journal and log everything you do (add pics etc..)?
As you don't have fish and haven't started your cycle, it'll be fine to add the water conditioner after you've filled the tank, but in the future you need to dechlorinate before you add it to the tank.
Most of us have no faith in any of the instant cycle products; I had a bottle of the Nutrafin Cycle with my son's new tank last year and it didn't do anything.
You best bets for cycling are household ammonia or a product called Waterlife Biomature which contains the ammonia you need. You can cycle much faster if you can get some mature media to add to your filter; either from a friend with a tank or from your local fish shop (LFS).
Most of us have no faith in any of the instant cycle products; I had a bottle of the Nutrafin Cycle with my son's new tank last year and it didn't do anything.
You best bets for cycling are household ammonia or a product called Waterlife Biomature which contains the ammonia you need. You can cycle much faster if you can get some mature media to add to your filter; either from a friend with a tank or from your local fish shop (LFS).
Dechlorinator works more or less instantly, so a quick stir and it's ready.
The temperature should be as close as your hand can tell that they feel the same (if that makes sense...)
The temperature should be as close as your hand can tell that they feel the same (if that makes sense...)
Brilliant thx it was the one thing I could find anywhere lol didnt want to have buckets of water sat around for hours lol. Yep hand thing makes perfect sense too.
Thx for the welcome Blubble
So next question is for stocking my 125 litre tank
Perfect fish mix for me would be
2 Angel fish
2 Pearl gouramis
1 rainbow shark
2 golden ram (or any other suggestions)
6 leopard danio
Is my tank big enough to accomodate a plec or would I be better off with loaches?
Is it big enough to also have a school of something else like 6 barb of some variety?
Is the tank big enough to fit some type of plec or would I be better off with say
Thx for the welcome Blubble
So next question is for stocking my 125 litre tank
Perfect fish mix for me would be
2 Angel fish
2 Pearl gouramis
1 rainbow shark
2 golden ram (or any other suggestions)
6 leopard danio
Is my tank big enough to accomodate a plec or would I be better off with loaches?
Is it big enough to also have a school of something else like 6 barb of some variety?
Is the tank big enough to fit some type of plec or would I be better off with say
Can you post the dimensions of the tank (and say which is height/ depth, and which is width/back to front), please?
You have to take that into account when stocking so the fish hse room to grow and turn around easily!
Angels for instance grow very tall and need a tank that is at least 18" in height (some people say two feet, but my veiltail is comfortable in 18").
You have to take that into account when stocking so the fish hse room to grow and turn around easily!
Angels for instance grow very tall and need a tank that is at least 18" in height (some people say two feet, but my veiltail is comfortable in 18").
I'm sorry, I forgot all about this thread 
Ok, your tanks not big enough for angels, or the rainbow shark, I'm afraid.
I wouldn't recommend gold rams; theyre very delicate (even more so than discus, IME), but Bolivian rams would be a good substitute.
The pearl gourmais and the leopard danios should be fine, although a lot of people will say the danios need a longer tank.
A bristlenose plec would go very nicely, or you could have five or six zebra or chain loach (don't be tempted by yoyos or clowns, they get too big).
Barbs would be fine too; I'd look at cherries or five banded; avoid tiger barbs at all costs, as they will nip the gouramis.
Ok, your tanks not big enough for angels, or the rainbow shark, I'm afraid.
I wouldn't recommend gold rams; theyre very delicate (even more so than discus, IME), but Bolivian rams would be a good substitute.
The pearl gourmais and the leopard danios should be fine, although a lot of people will say the danios need a longer tank.
A bristlenose plec would go very nicely, or you could have five or six zebra or chain loach (don't be tempted by yoyos or clowns, they get too big).
Barbs would be fine too; I'd look at cherries or five banded; avoid tiger barbs at all costs, as they will nip the gouramis.
Ok I was wandering this. Been to my LFS for another look.
so
6x zebra danio
2x pearl gourami
2x bolivian ram
1x Albino bristlenose.
Then I was thinking
neon tetras
Hatchets
Neon dwarf rainbow fish
some type of corys
How do they look and in what quantities are best if they ok?
so
6x zebra danio
2x pearl gourami
2x bolivian ram
1x Albino bristlenose.
Then I was thinking
neon tetras
Hatchets
Neon dwarf rainbow fish
some type of corys
How do they look and in what quantities are best if they ok?
Have you got a sand substrate? Cories really should be kept on sand. Six or eight cories of one species is fine.
I think the danios might upset the hatchets, as they're both surface dwellers, but the hatchets are very sedentary and the danios very active.
Neons would do better added further along the line as they do seem to like mature tanks, even if you've done a fishless cycle, but both they and dwarf rainbows are suitable for your size tank.
Do you know how hard your water is? Neons do best in soft and rainbows do better in harder water. Personally, I'd pick the one that suits your water and have a larger shoal of those.
I think the danios might upset the hatchets, as they're both surface dwellers, but the hatchets are very sedentary and the danios very active.
Neons would do better added further along the line as they do seem to like mature tanks, even if you've done a fishless cycle, but both they and dwarf rainbows are suitable for your size tank.
Do you know how hard your water is? Neons do best in soft and rainbows do better in harder water. Personally, I'd pick the one that suits your water and have a larger shoal of those.
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