5g - 3 x 1" orandas 3x White Clouds.
Cycling for 6 days so far - unfiltered.
(to read how I got to here see my other posts - etc etc.)
About to add a small internal filter - and have just posted a question about it as well.
I now have some Stress Coat 'water treatment' and some Stress Zyme 'cycle improver' (my descriptions).
They are maufactured in the US - so I'm assuming some of you will recognise the brands.
I'm doing regular small water changes - 1L or so at a time 3 times a day.
How should I use the 'water treatment' :
- add to the new water as I go along ?
- add to the tank initially and then to the new water?
- just add to the tank and top up occasionally as I change the water?
If adding to the tank do I need to dilute first to avoid a concentration until it disperses ?
The 'cycle improver' describes the adding better, but same question - should I dilute slightly to avoid a concentration before dispersal?
Can I do them at the same time or should I do one first (the water treatment) before using the other (the cycle improver) for the first time.
And is there a sensible order to do these in before and or after adding the filter.
My gut instinct is
- add enough water treatment for the entire tank diluted into the next water change.
- then add the filter and get it running (other question open on this).
- then at the next change (a few hours later) add treatment just for the new water amount and after a while add cycle improver for the whole tank volume to the new water, then add it to the tank.
But my gut instinct is clearly faulty or I'd not be here in the first place !
Thanks, John.
Cycling for 6 days so far - unfiltered.
(to read how I got to here see my other posts - etc etc.)
About to add a small internal filter - and have just posted a question about it as well.
I now have some Stress Coat 'water treatment' and some Stress Zyme 'cycle improver' (my descriptions).
They are maufactured in the US - so I'm assuming some of you will recognise the brands.
I'm doing regular small water changes - 1L or so at a time 3 times a day.
How should I use the 'water treatment' :
- add to the new water as I go along ?
- add to the tank initially and then to the new water?
- just add to the tank and top up occasionally as I change the water?
If adding to the tank do I need to dilute first to avoid a concentration until it disperses ?
The 'cycle improver' describes the adding better, but same question - should I dilute slightly to avoid a concentration before dispersal?
Can I do them at the same time or should I do one first (the water treatment) before using the other (the cycle improver) for the first time.
And is there a sensible order to do these in before and or after adding the filter.
My gut instinct is
- add enough water treatment for the entire tank diluted into the next water change.
- then add the filter and get it running (other question open on this).
- then at the next change (a few hours later) add treatment just for the new water amount and after a while add cycle improver for the whole tank volume to the new water, then add it to the tank.
But my gut instinct is clearly faulty or I'd not be here in the first place !
Thanks, John.