smoutylad22
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi, my name is Russ, I'm 33 and live in the UK. I've always been fascinated by fish ever since my dad had 2 5ft tanks when I was a kid. One was tropical and the other was coldwater. I've only got the fish bug back in November 2013 when my sister bought my 1 year old son his first fish tank. So it was my job to set the tank up! It was only a small plastic tank, 14 litres. It came with a filter, gravel, plastic plant and a nemo ornament. After doing some online research I added a heater, thermometer and a air pump & stone. I didn't have a clue about cycling a tank properly so I set the tank up and let it run for a week adding nutrafin cycle and nutrafin aqua plus. After a week I added 2 platys. Another week had passed and I was told I could add 2 more fish so I added 2 guppies. My son loved the tank and the "shish" as he calls them! I also fell in love with the tank and fish. I researched most days about aquariums on what to do and what not to do, I really enjoyed it. I did lose one of the guppies to disease unfortunately. A few months ago one if the platys had fry! Only 2 had survived and there still going strong now. Having recently done a water change I have found 11 new fry in this tiny tank!! View attachment 232516Having got the bug of looking after my sons fish tank and having a over populated small tank, I decided to buy myself a bigger tank. I bought a juwel rekord 700 which is 70 litres and decided I wanted to have live plants in it. I did my research as usual as to how I set it up correctly including research on the nitrogen cycle. I'm currently in day 12 of the cycle and things are progressing well. Here is a picture of my new tank on day 1 
and this is a picture if the tank on day 12 
Any help and advice from people on here would be most welcome. Thanks guys ?
and this is a picture if the tank on day 12 Any help and advice from people on here would be most welcome. Thanks guys ?
