New 20 gallon set up

[Sica118]

Hello everyone I am rejoining the hobby and need a little bit of advice. I am trying something different which is putting sand in a freshwater tank, which i have not done before. These are the chemicals i started of with; Prime conditioner, top fin water clarifier, and top fin bacteria supplement. This is what it looks like so far.

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[Sica118]

Here is the picture of the tank.

[trinidad neil]

Sand is a usual substrate . Is jes like using rocks or gravel . Cycle your tank.like usual. Do u have a plan for a scape?

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[Sica118]

4 Molly's swimming into glass at the corner. Any suggestions why. Also shutting up to the top of the water.

[trinidad neil]

Is the tank cycled?

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[Sica118]

It ran for 4 days before I put fish in it. The water test good, the only thing wrong is low alkalinity level.

[Sica118]

One if my Molly's died today. My nitrate is between 1-3 any advice?

[Slightlylooney]

Overstocking .. Keep what you have and it should find a good level .. You kinda need to let the tank mature a bit first before adding more fish ...


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[Slightlylooney]

Also cut back on feeding just once a day for a week that will bring your levels back down


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