Hi i am new to keeping fish and this is all a little overwhelming for me.
I am having 2 main problems that i am hoping someone can please help me with:
1) is that the water looks a little murky and maybe slightly cloudy i have done two lots of around 10L water changes the last two days which hasn't really helped?
2) I brought the API liquid test kit today and have just done my 1st test and i am not sure what i should do next after getting the results.
They are : PH=7.6, Ammonia=between 0 & 0.25, Nitrite=0, Nitrate nearly 20 maybe very slightly higher.
I have detailed below as many details as possible to try and help with my questions,
Thanks very much in advance. Ed.
I purchased the juwel rekord 800 (110L) last weekend and set it up on tuesday as i booked the day off work to do it .
I finally got it all set up and running around 11pm!
When i set my tank up i sponged the inside of the tank first with warm water (only), then i rinsed the gravel under the shower until the water was clear as instructed, i then added my water along with a fake plant, blubbling divers head, a little ornament and a piece of bog wood.
I used Nutrafin Aqua+ when adding my water (this was mixed up in a bucket prior to entering the tank)
Once i had the tank full i switched on the filter and heater.
I then added the stated dose of Nutrafin Cycle and also added this for the next two days as reccomended on the bottle and one lot of Nutrafin Waste control.
Yesterday i went to my local aquatics shop and brought 7 live plants and planted, i also added the stated dose of seachem flourish excel as recommended to help them start.
I removed the bog wood this morning as the tanning was starting to get really bad and also some green string like algae was starting to appear on it.
My heater is now set to 22c as the water temp is still reading 26c with the heater on 22c. The twin lights are on for 10hrs between 12 and 10pm.
The air pump is on 24/7 at the moment for the feature, is that ok to have this running all the time with live plants and so on, are there any drawbacks to it??
Thanks again, just so much to try and learn and don't want to risk harming any fish if the tanks not ready yet.
I am having 2 main problems that i am hoping someone can please help me with:
1) is that the water looks a little murky and maybe slightly cloudy i have done two lots of around 10L water changes the last two days which hasn't really helped?
2) I brought the API liquid test kit today and have just done my 1st test and i am not sure what i should do next after getting the results.
They are : PH=7.6, Ammonia=between 0 & 0.25, Nitrite=0, Nitrate nearly 20 maybe very slightly higher.
I have detailed below as many details as possible to try and help with my questions,
Thanks very much in advance. Ed.
I purchased the juwel rekord 800 (110L) last weekend and set it up on tuesday as i booked the day off work to do it .
I finally got it all set up and running around 11pm!
When i set my tank up i sponged the inside of the tank first with warm water (only), then i rinsed the gravel under the shower until the water was clear as instructed, i then added my water along with a fake plant, blubbling divers head, a little ornament and a piece of bog wood.
I used Nutrafin Aqua+ when adding my water (this was mixed up in a bucket prior to entering the tank)
Once i had the tank full i switched on the filter and heater.
I then added the stated dose of Nutrafin Cycle and also added this for the next two days as reccomended on the bottle and one lot of Nutrafin Waste control.
Yesterday i went to my local aquatics shop and brought 7 live plants and planted, i also added the stated dose of seachem flourish excel as recommended to help them start.
I removed the bog wood this morning as the tanning was starting to get really bad and also some green string like algae was starting to appear on it.
My heater is now set to 22c as the water temp is still reading 26c with the heater on 22c. The twin lights are on for 10hrs between 12 and 10pm.
The air pump is on 24/7 at the moment for the feature, is that ok to have this running all the time with live plants and so on, are there any drawbacks to it??
Thanks again, just so much to try and learn and don't want to risk harming any fish if the tanks not ready yet.