tootiemac
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi all please forgive me ignorance I'm just getting up to speed with all this.
I have several questions that I can't quite seem to find an answer to and was hoping you lovely people might help me.
A bit of background,I bought my tank on a last Friday along with a heater and the fluval cycle and aqua plus. I used both of these over the 3 days needed for the cycle to work. We put 2 platys in late Sunday afternoon after having our water tested all was clear.
We also have 3 live plants.
1. Should we be testing the water ourself throughout the week to watch for ammonia, nitrites & pH?
2. How often should you test in a ordinary month (after cycle is done)
3. Water change, the man at the shop said not to change it for 4 weeks is this right?
4. How often to do a water change (after cycle is done)
5. Lights? The spec comes with white (day) and blue (night). I've read you should keep the day light on for 8-10 hours but do you need to put the night light on or just switch them off completely?
6. Is it safe to add 4 Eastern European neon tetra next Sunday (7 days after then initial fish entered)
Sorry for all the questions just want to get this right from the start.
Thanks for the advice you may give it's all greatly appreciated.
I have several questions that I can't quite seem to find an answer to and was hoping you lovely people might help me.
A bit of background,I bought my tank on a last Friday along with a heater and the fluval cycle and aqua plus. I used both of these over the 3 days needed for the cycle to work. We put 2 platys in late Sunday afternoon after having our water tested all was clear.
We also have 3 live plants.
1. Should we be testing the water ourself throughout the week to watch for ammonia, nitrites & pH?
2. How often should you test in a ordinary month (after cycle is done)
3. Water change, the man at the shop said not to change it for 4 weeks is this right?
4. How often to do a water change (after cycle is done)
5. Lights? The spec comes with white (day) and blue (night). I've read you should keep the day light on for 8-10 hours but do you need to put the night light on or just switch them off completely?
6. Is it safe to add 4 Eastern European neon tetra next Sunday (7 days after then initial fish entered)
Sorry for all the questions just want to get this right from the start.
Thanks for the advice you may give it's all greatly appreciated.