Driftwoods
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Ok, So confession number One: Before I started this hobby I was pretty sure I had some amazing patience but it turns out I actually have none
So now that's out of the way it's time to introduce myself. I'm Claire aka Driftwoods. I've always loved fish and for some reason decided this was the year to buy my first aquarium I so far have spent many a fond evening reading up on pretty much everything in existence about the hobby and fish.
The tank we decided to go for was the Fluval Roma 125 and a Oase 350 Biomaster Thermo. I've decided that I am doing to do a fishless cycle with ammonia.
My tank history so far: I bought and set up the tank with a lovely piece of driftwood and a few little round caves along with some relatively coarse sand. All was very well washed and put into the tank. I also decided on a nice background which I stuck on with postergel. Filter was then installed, tank filled with water, added dechlorinator and got the filter started. WAHOOO! .... or was it?
Confession number 2: So or I ordered a bottle of Ammonia only to find out that it had surfactant in it so I promptly ordered another which was pure. Both arrived on the same day but like a complete twit I started using the one with surfactants. Hence I had to strip the whole tank down and wash everything really well.
So... second attempt!! I set everything up again and this time used the pure Ammonia. I also managed to get hold of some seed material from the local aquarium shop. WAHOO!.....This time for real!
So if you are still with me after this epicly long post these are my stats so far tested using API kit:
Day 1: Ammonia dosed to 4. Nitrite 0
Day 2: Ammonia 2, Nitrite 0.25 (No ammonia added)
Day 3: Ammonia 2, Nitrite 0.25 (No ammonia added)
Day 4: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 5: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 5: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 6: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 7: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 8: No change (No ammonia added)
So I'm going to keep posting my results here and any help and advice anyone can give to keep me sane along the way and help me speed up the process as much as possible would be very much appreciated.
So now that's out of the way it's time to introduce myself. I'm Claire aka Driftwoods. I've always loved fish and for some reason decided this was the year to buy my first aquarium I so far have spent many a fond evening reading up on pretty much everything in existence about the hobby and fish.
The tank we decided to go for was the Fluval Roma 125 and a Oase 350 Biomaster Thermo. I've decided that I am doing to do a fishless cycle with ammonia.
My tank history so far: I bought and set up the tank with a lovely piece of driftwood and a few little round caves along with some relatively coarse sand. All was very well washed and put into the tank. I also decided on a nice background which I stuck on with postergel. Filter was then installed, tank filled with water, added dechlorinator and got the filter started. WAHOOO! .... or was it?
Confession number 2: So or I ordered a bottle of Ammonia only to find out that it had surfactant in it so I promptly ordered another which was pure. Both arrived on the same day but like a complete twit I started using the one with surfactants. Hence I had to strip the whole tank down and wash everything really well.
So... second attempt!! I set everything up again and this time used the pure Ammonia. I also managed to get hold of some seed material from the local aquarium shop. WAHOO!.....This time for real!
So if you are still with me after this epicly long post these are my stats so far tested using API kit:
Day 1: Ammonia dosed to 4. Nitrite 0
Day 2: Ammonia 2, Nitrite 0.25 (No ammonia added)
Day 3: Ammonia 2, Nitrite 0.25 (No ammonia added)
Day 4: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 5: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 5: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 6: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 7: No change (No ammonia added)
Day 8: No change (No ammonia added)
So I'm going to keep posting my results here and any help and advice anyone can give to keep me sane along the way and help me speed up the process as much as possible would be very much appreciated.