AquaBud
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi. I must say after lurking here for a week or two this is the place to be!
My wife and I was given a 20 gallon starter kit about two weeks ago. It sat in the box for a week while I read online as much as I could.
Saturday we put it together. It's a Top Fin ( I know now) with white sand like substrate. I kept the hob filter and added a smaller one. I also ditched the stock hood and got a glass hinged top and added 2 23 watt cfl bulbs in 5 1/2 inch brooder lights placed on the glass top. I found a piece of driftwood at a lfs and boiled it for several hours.
Thanks to another member of this board I came into some seeded media that I added today.
I have a few lingering questions though.
Should I still be cycling like I would be fish less with seeded material in the tank?
I'm showing about 2 ppm on the ammonia, 0 on nitrite and about 5 on the nitrate. This tank has been running since early Saturday. I have 2 Anubis Nanas, 2 java ferns, and a big bunch of Java moss. I have flourish and co2 booster but I have yet to use it.
Also, is this too much light for this setup? I'm going to add wisteria and hornwort in the next few days when I can find some lol.
My wife and I was given a 20 gallon starter kit about two weeks ago. It sat in the box for a week while I read online as much as I could.
Saturday we put it together. It's a Top Fin ( I know now) with white sand like substrate. I kept the hob filter and added a smaller one. I also ditched the stock hood and got a glass hinged top and added 2 23 watt cfl bulbs in 5 1/2 inch brooder lights placed on the glass top. I found a piece of driftwood at a lfs and boiled it for several hours.
Thanks to another member of this board I came into some seeded media that I added today.
I have a few lingering questions though.
Should I still be cycling like I would be fish less with seeded material in the tank?
I'm showing about 2 ppm on the ammonia, 0 on nitrite and about 5 on the nitrate. This tank has been running since early Saturday. I have 2 Anubis Nanas, 2 java ferns, and a big bunch of Java moss. I have flourish and co2 booster but I have yet to use it.
Also, is this too much light for this setup? I'm going to add wisteria and hornwort in the next few days when I can find some lol.