fibreheart
Aquarium Advice Regular
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2011
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Hi,
I have been lurking on this site for a few years and have decided to join because I recently was given a new 90 gallon aquarium by my lovely hubby(after much complaining by myself about my 55 gallon). This is the first time I have had a "brand-new, out of the box" tank. I want to make an African show tank with this. My 55 gallon housed CA/SA cichlids so I thought lets go to the other side of the globe.
Now I set it up 3 days ago and my readings today are as follows
Ammonia 0.25, Nitrites 1, Nitrates 160ppm. My GH has been steady at 180 and my KH is steady at 180 and my PH has been steady at 8.0.
My nitrites were 0 and my nitrates were 200 yesterday.
I transferred all my rocks from my 55 gal to the 90. I poured my HOB filter water into my Rena XP3 canister filter(which I also ran on my 55 for 24hrs to seed and to perform a wet test). I placed the 2 bio floss filter media into the canister and I dumped dirty water into the tank. I filled up the tank half way with water from the 55 into the 90. and I an further seeding with a bag of old sand with food pellets on top tied to the spray bar of the filter.
Temp is 80 degrees. Lights are set to change from day to night every 12 hrs. I have 2 2" convicts in there. I am also seeding from the washings from my daughters 27 gal cichlid tank.
I also dosed with cichlid reef salt and seachem stability and Prime(further dosing as per instructions).
When do you think I can start to add my africans? Also, when should I do my fish water change?
Any insights or advice on the next steps would be wonderful! Oh and the first are very happy with all the room from the 55 which has 20 convicts in it(don't worry they have pots to play in still ). They're digging holes and looking for ways to rearrange my decor
Thanks everyone
I have been lurking on this site for a few years and have decided to join because I recently was given a new 90 gallon aquarium by my lovely hubby(after much complaining by myself about my 55 gallon). This is the first time I have had a "brand-new, out of the box" tank. I want to make an African show tank with this. My 55 gallon housed CA/SA cichlids so I thought lets go to the other side of the globe.
Now I set it up 3 days ago and my readings today are as follows
Ammonia 0.25, Nitrites 1, Nitrates 160ppm. My GH has been steady at 180 and my KH is steady at 180 and my PH has been steady at 8.0.
My nitrites were 0 and my nitrates were 200 yesterday.
I transferred all my rocks from my 55 gal to the 90. I poured my HOB filter water into my Rena XP3 canister filter(which I also ran on my 55 for 24hrs to seed and to perform a wet test). I placed the 2 bio floss filter media into the canister and I dumped dirty water into the tank. I filled up the tank half way with water from the 55 into the 90. and I an further seeding with a bag of old sand with food pellets on top tied to the spray bar of the filter.
Temp is 80 degrees. Lights are set to change from day to night every 12 hrs. I have 2 2" convicts in there. I am also seeding from the washings from my daughters 27 gal cichlid tank.
I also dosed with cichlid reef salt and seachem stability and Prime(further dosing as per instructions).
When do you think I can start to add my africans? Also, when should I do my fish water change?
Any insights or advice on the next steps would be wonderful! Oh and the first are very happy with all the room from the 55 which has 20 convicts in it(don't worry they have pots to play in still ). They're digging holes and looking for ways to rearrange my decor
Thanks everyone