Clopsy
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi All,
I have a plan in mind about how I will about changing my substate to something more suitable for plants.
I am hoping some of you will be able to give me some feedback as to whether it will work or not... or any other steps I should consider. I am relatively new to all of this an had no idea what I was doing when I started.. hence trying to rectify things now. The plants I have are growing ok but could be much better I'm sure with the right substrate.
My current set up is as follows:
Tank: 350l Juwel Trigon
Substrate: between 1-4 cm of 2-3m Sand
Filter: JBL Cristalprofi 1500l
Pressurised C02 @ 2bps
Ferts: EasyCarbo & EasyLife
Lights: T5 2x24 and 2x45Watt
I now have a spare 80l tank that a friend has given me and my plan is to take all of the fish from my current tank and transfer them into the 80l for a few days while I work on removing the existing sand from my current tank and putting in Aquabasis plus and JBL Madano as new substrate. I will then transfer back the fish to my 350l. I will take out the existing plants and leave in a bucket of tank water while I am working and replant when the new substrate is in place.
My questions are..
Because I will be using water from an existing tank (cycled etc) will my fish survive ok in the 80l tank ?
Should I set this tank up with no fish and leave it run for a week or two like a new tank or can I just put the fish in straightaway ?
Once I have the Aqua Basis plus and Mandano in the new tank will I have to wait for a while before I put back the fish or will the water parameters (Amonia etc) be unstable while the new substrate etc settles.
Any ideas how much of the Auqabasis and Mandano I will need ? I'm pretty mathemactically challenged but by my estimation 10l of Aquabasis and 15l of the mandano should be sufficient ?
I don't really know the names of the plants I have so I've posted a pic below of my current set up.
I'd appreciate any feedback before I dive into this.. I haven't actually purchased anything yet so if there's another type of substrate I could/should use just let me know.
Thanks in advance..
I have a plan in mind about how I will about changing my substate to something more suitable for plants.
I am hoping some of you will be able to give me some feedback as to whether it will work or not... or any other steps I should consider. I am relatively new to all of this an had no idea what I was doing when I started.. hence trying to rectify things now. The plants I have are growing ok but could be much better I'm sure with the right substrate.
My current set up is as follows:
Tank: 350l Juwel Trigon
Substrate: between 1-4 cm of 2-3m Sand
Filter: JBL Cristalprofi 1500l
Pressurised C02 @ 2bps
Ferts: EasyCarbo & EasyLife
Lights: T5 2x24 and 2x45Watt
I now have a spare 80l tank that a friend has given me and my plan is to take all of the fish from my current tank and transfer them into the 80l for a few days while I work on removing the existing sand from my current tank and putting in Aquabasis plus and JBL Madano as new substrate. I will then transfer back the fish to my 350l. I will take out the existing plants and leave in a bucket of tank water while I am working and replant when the new substrate is in place.
My questions are..
Because I will be using water from an existing tank (cycled etc) will my fish survive ok in the 80l tank ?
Should I set this tank up with no fish and leave it run for a week or two like a new tank or can I just put the fish in straightaway ?
Once I have the Aqua Basis plus and Mandano in the new tank will I have to wait for a while before I put back the fish or will the water parameters (Amonia etc) be unstable while the new substrate etc settles.
Any ideas how much of the Auqabasis and Mandano I will need ? I'm pretty mathemactically challenged but by my estimation 10l of Aquabasis and 15l of the mandano should be sufficient ?
I don't really know the names of the plants I have so I've posted a pic below of my current set up.
I'd appreciate any feedback before I dive into this.. I haven't actually purchased anything yet so if there's another type of substrate I could/should use just let me know.
Thanks in advance..