New to Aquarium

[RagNep]

Here from London (Harrow). Got 250litre aquarium.. Added substrate and have left filter on for couple weeks for nitrate cycle.

Planning for freshwater tank. Initially the plan is to have extremely easy fishes - Guppies, Danios etc.

Wish me and my kids luck.

Anyone from Harrow, pls shout. If you are a local and wat to gift few guppies and Danios, pls ping.

 

[Retired Viking]

Hello and welcome to the forum, I started out with just a few guppies and now have a 30 gallon guppy tank with plenty of guppies. It really does not take long for them to populate your tank. Starting out with easy plants and fish is the best way to go. Good luck

 

[Kyle E.]

Just leaving the filter running does not cycle the tank. There is a lot more to it then that. Your fish will get chemical poisoning if you do not do it properly.

https://www.fishforums.net/threads/cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first.421488/

Welcome to the forum! There are many grate people here who can help you with literally any question you have about aquariums and many questions that aren't related to aquariums.

 

[Colin_T]

Hi and welcome to the forum

What is the GH (general hardness), KH (carbonate hardness) and pH of your water supply?
This information can usually be obtained from your water supply company's website or by telephoning them. If they can't help you, take a glass full of tap water to the local pet shop and get them to test it for you. Write the results down (in numbers) when they do the tests. And ask them what the results are in (eg: ppm, dGH, or something else).

Depending on what the GH of your water is, will determine what fish you should keep.
Tetras, barbs, gouramis, rasbora, Corydoras and small species of suckermouth catfish all occur in soft water (GH below 150ppm).

Livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies) occur in medium hard water with a GH around 200-250ppm.

If you have very hard water (GH above 300ppm) then look at African Rift Lake cichlids or use distilled or reverse osmosis water to reduce the GH and keep fishes from softer water.

 

[RagNep]

Thank you everybody. I am taking in all the advise.