gazza1988
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello,
I have a Aqua el leddy 75 tank - not purchased from here though this is a link to show which one (it came with all the stuff listed) and I have filled it ~20 hours ago, I have treated it with Tap safe (I have exactly this purchased from the actual store) and because I purchased live plants I was told to use Microbe-Lift Plants Green Fertiliser (again purchased that exact product from their physical store). Which I have dosed the water with already.
From that same store, we have a 10kg bag of gravel. We were told that for our tank size, we may not need it all. However, it is a very thin layer with all the gravel in it. Some places I've seen say a thin layer and some say up to 2 inches deep. I really don't know on that one what would be the best
we are having some Platy fish from friends. I was told there were not that many then today I found out it is 17. How am I going to do this? I read the guides on here and it seems the advice of putting some water in the tank with some tap-safe, leaving it a couple of days and then introducing the fish isn't the best.
I am really at a loss.
The guides say about introducing pure ammonia for the cycle but I don't know what to do. I've got an information overload and not sure how to proceed from where I am which is 100 litres of tap safe treated water with some fertilizer in it, some gravel and some plants (well a heater and a pump too).
What would you do next?
Here is a link to a photo of how my tank currently looks
I have a Aqua el leddy 75 tank - not purchased from here though this is a link to show which one (it came with all the stuff listed) and I have filled it ~20 hours ago, I have treated it with Tap safe (I have exactly this purchased from the actual store) and because I purchased live plants I was told to use Microbe-Lift Plants Green Fertiliser (again purchased that exact product from their physical store). Which I have dosed the water with already.
From that same store, we have a 10kg bag of gravel. We were told that for our tank size, we may not need it all. However, it is a very thin layer with all the gravel in it. Some places I've seen say a thin layer and some say up to 2 inches deep. I really don't know on that one what would be the best
we are having some Platy fish from friends. I was told there were not that many then today I found out it is 17. How am I going to do this? I read the guides on here and it seems the advice of putting some water in the tank with some tap-safe, leaving it a couple of days and then introducing the fish isn't the best.
I am really at a loss.
The guides say about introducing pure ammonia for the cycle but I don't know what to do. I've got an information overload and not sure how to proceed from where I am which is 100 litres of tap safe treated water with some fertilizer in it, some gravel and some plants (well a heater and a pump too).
What would you do next?
Here is a link to a photo of how my tank currently looks