I'm sitting here waiting for my new tank to arrive. They tell me it is on the truck.
I had a tank with fish that I lost last year when I had to move due to circumstances I could not control. Because I always had seed material in the past, cycling was a breeze. This time I have to cycle from scratch. I'm going to try the dead shrimp cycle. I have a new API freshwater master test kit all ready. I also have a 500 ml bottle of Prime.
My driftwood (manzanita) and rocks (granite river stones from the LFS) are soaking in a bucket. My driftwood already sinks and barely tints the water. I have a lot of sand washing in my very near future. I expect that to be the single most time consuming job I have to do today.
The good news about starting over is that it truly is a fresh start. I'm tailoring everything to the fish I plan to keep which are small tetras and corys. The only exact species I'm absolutely set on at this point are Gold Pristella Tetras. I saw some at the LFS and completely fell in love with them. As to corys there are so many to choose from and I think they are all wonderful. The only ones I'm not as partial to are the albinos, but only because of the color (or lack thereof). I plan on having 6 corys when fully stocked. It will be a while before I get there, though.
This will definitely be a South American tank with one small departure because though it is more Central American, I love ludwigia repens. I'm sticking with easy plants. I'm doing live plants, but my focus is not plants, it is fish.
I'll be posting pictures as soon as I have some.
I had a tank with fish that I lost last year when I had to move due to circumstances I could not control. Because I always had seed material in the past, cycling was a breeze. This time I have to cycle from scratch. I'm going to try the dead shrimp cycle. I have a new API freshwater master test kit all ready. I also have a 500 ml bottle of Prime.
My driftwood (manzanita) and rocks (granite river stones from the LFS) are soaking in a bucket. My driftwood already sinks and barely tints the water. I have a lot of sand washing in my very near future. I expect that to be the single most time consuming job I have to do today.
The good news about starting over is that it truly is a fresh start. I'm tailoring everything to the fish I plan to keep which are small tetras and corys. The only exact species I'm absolutely set on at this point are Gold Pristella Tetras. I saw some at the LFS and completely fell in love with them. As to corys there are so many to choose from and I think they are all wonderful. The only ones I'm not as partial to are the albinos, but only because of the color (or lack thereof). I plan on having 6 corys when fully stocked. It will be a while before I get there, though.
This will definitely be a South American tank with one small departure because though it is more Central American, I love ludwigia repens. I'm sticking with easy plants. I'm doing live plants, but my focus is not plants, it is fish.
I'll be posting pictures as soon as I have some.