chrono1081
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Hi guys,
I was on another section of the forum earlier with an aquarium of dying fish. The last inhabitant, a little ghost shrimp passed away yesterday so I completely drained the tank and am starting again.
After reading many articles on this site I came up with a plan for my new tank and I'd like some feedback before I start cycling.
I have an 8 gallon tank: (Amazon.com: Aqueon Evolve 8 LED Aquarium Kit, 8 gallons: Pet Supplies
1.I'm going to put sand at the bottom (I had gravel before and the paint on it was chipping off
) Not to mention various articles I read mentioned that fish generally like sand better since some of the cleaner fish can burrow in to it.
2. I have all artificial plants. I'd like real ones but they simply don't sell any where I live for freshwater tanks, and if they do get them in they're usually in poor condition and too big anyway. That being said I'm willing to try plants if I can find a safe place online to buy them. (I assume plants work well in sand?) They have to be fairly small, the tank isn't very big.
3. I'm going to follow the instructions in the fish-less cycling guide since I am sadly, now fish-less.
4. Once my tank is cycled I'm going to stick 3 fancy tailed guppies (or something of similar size) in it, depending what the Petco here gets in (its all we have). And maybe a ghost shrimp again or one of the algae eating fish.
Does this sound like a good plan? Let me know if there is anything I can change/correct along the way.
I was on another section of the forum earlier with an aquarium of dying fish. The last inhabitant, a little ghost shrimp passed away yesterday so I completely drained the tank and am starting again.
After reading many articles on this site I came up with a plan for my new tank and I'd like some feedback before I start cycling.
I have an 8 gallon tank: (Amazon.com: Aqueon Evolve 8 LED Aquarium Kit, 8 gallons: Pet Supplies
1.I'm going to put sand at the bottom (I had gravel before and the paint on it was chipping off
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2. I have all artificial plants. I'd like real ones but they simply don't sell any where I live for freshwater tanks, and if they do get them in they're usually in poor condition and too big anyway. That being said I'm willing to try plants if I can find a safe place online to buy them. (I assume plants work well in sand?) They have to be fairly small, the tank isn't very big.
3. I'm going to follow the instructions in the fish-less cycling guide since I am sadly, now fish-less.
4. Once my tank is cycled I'm going to stick 3 fancy tailed guppies (or something of similar size) in it, depending what the Petco here gets in (its all we have). And maybe a ghost shrimp again or one of the algae eating fish.
Does this sound like a good plan? Let me know if there is anything I can change/correct along the way.