Cartosbartos
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hey guys just bought a new tank recently which was already set up the guy said he had it for 12 months prior and had a few fish but he didnt really seem to know that much.
Iv been checking the water ppm
ammonia today was around 0.12
nitrite was 0
nitrate was roughly 0.12 aswell
these havnt really budged all week either
6 fish came with the tank but non are really significant polluters and i havnt made anymore additions, what i have done is today after it being set up at mine for near a week i have changed the substrate but before you freak out about losing good bacteria i wouldnt worry about it cause the guy i bought it off already had it out of the aquarium and sitting in the hot sun hours before i arrived to pick it up.
I added silver pearl aquarium gravel to it today but only used one 10 kilogram bag to fill the base i would say in general i got a half inch cover in 60 percent of the tank and an inch in the rest is that enough ?
I plan on stocking
6 kuhli loaches
6 congo tetras
1 blue ram
1pearl gourami
1 angel fish
and possibly 6 sterba corys but thats a maybe at this stage.
I plan on having this tank lightly planted.
Thanks for reading and if you have any fish species or suggestions you would like to tell me please do !
I will most likely add pictures as i change things on the tank and show you what it was and what it has turned into.
Iv been checking the water ppm
ammonia today was around 0.12
nitrite was 0
nitrate was roughly 0.12 aswell
these havnt really budged all week either
6 fish came with the tank but non are really significant polluters and i havnt made anymore additions, what i have done is today after it being set up at mine for near a week i have changed the substrate but before you freak out about losing good bacteria i wouldnt worry about it cause the guy i bought it off already had it out of the aquarium and sitting in the hot sun hours before i arrived to pick it up.
I added silver pearl aquarium gravel to it today but only used one 10 kilogram bag to fill the base i would say in general i got a half inch cover in 60 percent of the tank and an inch in the rest is that enough ?
I plan on stocking
6 kuhli loaches
6 congo tetras
1 blue ram
1pearl gourami
1 angel fish
and possibly 6 sterba corys but thats a maybe at this stage.
I plan on having this tank lightly planted.
Thanks for reading and if you have any fish species or suggestions you would like to tell me please do !
I will most likely add pictures as i change things on the tank and show you what it was and what it has turned into.