Rolltide1980
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jul 30, 2014
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- 27
Ok so I'm relatively new to this, I've had a couple small fish tanks in the past, but they were given to me already stocked so I never really had to do the while setup from scratch. A few months ago I had a customer give me a 75 gallon tank (he told me it was 90 gallon but the dimensions say otherwise). It came with the whole lid and lighting setup, guess it's called a hood (?), a stand, and a Penguin BioWheel filter that sits on the back of the tank. I don't know the particular model of the filter off the top of my head, but I also had a smaller Penguin BioWheel filter so I'm going to use that one as well.
As far as gravel goes, the guy at Petco told me one pound per gallon, or 75 pounds,so I bought 60 pounds of some gravel that's supposedly suited for African cichlids and a 20 pound bag of regular white gravel.So anyways,I haven't bought a heater yet even though I know I will need one eventually, other than that, im not sure what else I need to start up my aquarium. I have a few assorted large rocks, all purchased at an aquatic store, mostly lava rocks with some Holey Rocks, Lace rocks etc. I plan on adding some plants, probably the fake variety but I want some that look somewhat real.
So anyways, I rinsed the gravel last night as best I could before putting in the tank, but after I added the water it still looked pretty cloudy a few hours later but hopefully it will clear up by tonight. I asked the guy at Petco how long do I need to let the tank run before adding any fish, he said one day should be fine but that just doesn't sound right to me. So I'm asking you guys, I set it up last night, how long should it run before I add fish? I was hoping to add an Oscar and then later maybe some assorted Cichlids. I was also gonna ask you guys what kind of Cichlids would be safe to add with an Oscar? I appreciate you guys taking the time to help out a novice lol.
As far as gravel goes, the guy at Petco told me one pound per gallon, or 75 pounds,so I bought 60 pounds of some gravel that's supposedly suited for African cichlids and a 20 pound bag of regular white gravel.So anyways,I haven't bought a heater yet even though I know I will need one eventually, other than that, im not sure what else I need to start up my aquarium. I have a few assorted large rocks, all purchased at an aquatic store, mostly lava rocks with some Holey Rocks, Lace rocks etc. I plan on adding some plants, probably the fake variety but I want some that look somewhat real.
So anyways, I rinsed the gravel last night as best I could before putting in the tank, but after I added the water it still looked pretty cloudy a few hours later but hopefully it will clear up by tonight. I asked the guy at Petco how long do I need to let the tank run before adding any fish, he said one day should be fine but that just doesn't sound right to me. So I'm asking you guys, I set it up last night, how long should it run before I add fish? I was hoping to add an Oscar and then later maybe some assorted Cichlids. I was also gonna ask you guys what kind of Cichlids would be safe to add with an Oscar? I appreciate you guys taking the time to help out a novice lol.