driftwood colorr.

[daayda3]

dudee.. there's like so many sub-forums now, lmao.

okay sooo i had to like take down my 20 gallon last year and since we moved and all that i started setting it up again.
so right now, its gravel and water.
and yeah i know thats not good because i haven't started like officialy cycling it butttt, im getting all that fixed probably tomorrow, lol.

okayy so my problem iss, the water is like a brownish color, and its from the driftwood that i put in there, cause i thought it was done soaking and stuff, but yeah it definitely wasn't
so i took the wood outt, of course, probably untill it finished cycling.

sooo my question iss, will the filter take the rest of the color out or do i have to like, start overr?

 

[Lupin]

No need to start over. If you dislike the tannins, place activated carbon in your filter to absorb the tannins.

 

[daayda3]

gahh i knew thatt. o.0
well yeah i've been like going through the forums and i want my saltwater backk
i had to sell it when we movedd, and like so i'm starting this freshwater up so i can like relearn everything cause i've tottalllyy blanked out, lmao.

 

[Rbishop]

I'd leave the wood in and run carbon.....hate an empty looking tank..just make sure it isn't wrapped in stretch tights of bright colors...

 

[daayda3]

oh i knoww, it looks -really- bad right now.
and one more question, that i bet i already know the answer too..
do i have to wait for it to cycle before i put plants in?

 

[Carla G]

oh i knoww, it looks -really- bad right now.
and one more question, that i bet i already know the answer too..
do i have to wait for it to cycle before i put plants in?

You can put plants in anytime.

 

[daayda3]

okayy so everything is running, and i'm about to test it in like 2.2.
theres no fish or plants in itt, i compleatly started neww.
how long will it take to cyclee?

 

[Sploke]

If you're starting from scratch and fishless cycling, it can take up to 6 weeks or so. Adding plants can reduce that, as will adding established filter media or gravel from another tank.

 

[daayda3]

okay well i juuust tested:
ph: 7.6
nitrate: 0
nitrite: 0
ammonia: [between the 0 and .25, but i really cant tell.]
temp: 75

??

editt)
oh and i set it up july 19thhh.

 

[Sploke]

OT...is your keyboard broken or are you putting in all those extra letters on purpose?