ShanLPardy
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Ok, so I finally got everything I needed to get my 29G aquarium set up. I put in a layer of Fluval planting Stratum, granule format, for my live plants, covered it with about 2 inches of CaribSea Super Naturals sand. Added the water, set up the filter (AquaClear 30), got it going. I added Aquasafe Plus, Tetra Quick Cycle), and let it all go for a week.
The initial cloudiness has cleared up quite a nice bit, but there's a yellowish tinge to the water that doesn't seem to be leaving.
I have an ApI Freshwater Master Test Kit and I've been checking the water every 2 days. I read that there should be an initial ammonia bloom or something, and then the numbers should go down, etc etc. But according to the kit, everything is still at 0 ppm. I assumed that was because I don't actually have any fish in there yet, but some web sites still list a surge in chemicals, even without the fish.
Any help is greatly appreciated, as I am very new to this.
The initial cloudiness has cleared up quite a nice bit, but there's a yellowish tinge to the water that doesn't seem to be leaving.
I have an ApI Freshwater Master Test Kit and I've been checking the water every 2 days. I read that there should be an initial ammonia bloom or something, and then the numbers should go down, etc etc. But according to the kit, everything is still at 0 ppm. I assumed that was because I don't actually have any fish in there yet, but some web sites still list a surge in chemicals, even without the fish.
Any help is greatly appreciated, as I am very new to this.