Firstly I would like to say hi to all of you at these forums and i wish you all a happy new year.
I have just brought my first tank (it holds 112 litres, sorry dont know what that is in Gals)
The substraite is Sand and i have planted about 15 plants of different kinds. Some bog wood and a coulpe of rocks that make a small "cave"
I Left the tank empty of fish for about 8 days and added a product called Cycle to start the ball rolling, i also treated the water to get rid of the chlorine etc.
I have added 2 silver sharks and a small catfish (sorry not up on the names just yet)
I tested the water with a kit that i brought at the same time as the tank..
PO4 levels were 2.5mg/l
NO2 levels were 1.3mg/l
NH3 levels were 0
NO3 levels were between 50 and 110/l
PH is between 7.5 and 8.0
Think that is about it,
Thing is, the retailer has told me to do a 10 day programe as follows..
Day 1 change 20% water do not feed
Day 2 do not feed
Day 3 change 20% do not feed
Day 4 Do not feed
Day 5 change 20% do not feed
Day 6 Feed
Day 7 change 20% do not feed
Day 8 feed
Day 9 change 10%
Day 10 Feed
I am a little worried that the levels are very high now and was just wondering if some of you could offer a little bit of advice to me as more peoples knowlage is better than just 1 persons.
Does the programe that he has set for me sound like a good idea?
Sorry for the long message and thanks for taking the time to read all of my ramblings
I have just brought my first tank (it holds 112 litres, sorry dont know what that is in Gals)
The substraite is Sand and i have planted about 15 plants of different kinds. Some bog wood and a coulpe of rocks that make a small "cave"
I Left the tank empty of fish for about 8 days and added a product called Cycle to start the ball rolling, i also treated the water to get rid of the chlorine etc.
I have added 2 silver sharks and a small catfish (sorry not up on the names just yet)
I tested the water with a kit that i brought at the same time as the tank..
PO4 levels were 2.5mg/l
NO2 levels were 1.3mg/l
NH3 levels were 0
NO3 levels were between 50 and 110/l
PH is between 7.5 and 8.0
Think that is about it,
Thing is, the retailer has told me to do a 10 day programe as follows..
Day 1 change 20% water do not feed
Day 2 do not feed
Day 3 change 20% do not feed
Day 4 Do not feed
Day 5 change 20% do not feed
Day 6 Feed
Day 7 change 20% do not feed
Day 8 feed
Day 9 change 10%
Day 10 Feed
I am a little worried that the levels are very high now and was just wondering if some of you could offer a little bit of advice to me as more peoples knowlage is better than just 1 persons.
Does the programe that he has set for me sound like a good idea?
Sorry for the long message and thanks for taking the time to read all of my ramblings