lornajane89
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all, finally got my rio400 in the lounge and is cycling
As you can see im using sand substrate. with an aquasoil base layer, ill be going wild with plants when im full cycled. Before adding the substrate i couldnt get the last bit of water out so when i added the soil and sand it was a lil sludgy and some of the soil has ended up floating up and eventually sinking on top of the sand lookin a bit messy. It doesnt seem to come up with a syphon vac is there any other way i can try and get it up? Without disturbing the sand too much. Ive just got my filters on yesterday after 8 hours (2 evenings) of constant water changes to clear the cloudy water (didnt wash the sand well enough) so dont want to have to turn them off or do another pwc now the tanks dosed up with ammonia.
Thanks
Dean
As you can see im using sand substrate. with an aquasoil base layer, ill be going wild with plants when im full cycled. Before adding the substrate i couldnt get the last bit of water out so when i added the soil and sand it was a lil sludgy and some of the soil has ended up floating up and eventually sinking on top of the sand lookin a bit messy. It doesnt seem to come up with a syphon vac is there any other way i can try and get it up? Without disturbing the sand too much. Ive just got my filters on yesterday after 8 hours (2 evenings) of constant water changes to clear the cloudy water (didnt wash the sand well enough) so dont want to have to turn them off or do another pwc now the tanks dosed up with ammonia.
Thanks
Dean