Scunny
Fish Crazy
As some of you will know, i got a Juwel Vision 180 of a friend, which is going to be delivered on Sunday. Just wanted some feedback/advice/criticisms on my plan.
Step 1 – Put substrate (ground black coral) in, arrange a few rocks/bogwood (already been soaked) etc. Fill with water. Put a filter pad out my current filter (Interpet PF1) in new filter.
Step 2 – Do a fishless cycle till readings seem fine. During which put background (one of the plastic rock looking things) in, put more rocks in/take rocks out etc till im happy with the look.
Step 3 – Put my 5 Zebra Danios (possibly my 4 bronze corys or 2 dwarf gouramis) in the tank and continue to monitor levels.
Step 4 – When levels are consitent remove fish and put in my fish intended for the tank in (still working out what their going to be)
Step 5 – continue stocking tank.
Does this sound fine to you guys?
Am I right in putting some of my fish out of my current tank in?
The filters in the new tank are a Fluval 4 Plus and another one (I wont have the tank till Sunday so im presuming it’s the standard Juwel filter) so will a pad out my Interpet PF1 be sufficient to help the cycle as there pretty small?
Should I only have one filter in and run the other in my established tank until that’s ready?
Would it be worthwhile getting the guy (he’s a good friend so he’d be fine with it) to keep the two filters running in water out of his aquarium in a bucket, and only turn them off when he’s about to set off (he’s coming from Wales so its probably a 3 to 4 hour journey? Would this help at all? Would he need to keep the water heated in the bucket for this?
Will it be too tricky to try and put the background in when its already full of water (I’ve never used one before, so don’t know if you have to silicone it to the back)?
Step 1 – Put substrate (ground black coral) in, arrange a few rocks/bogwood (already been soaked) etc. Fill with water. Put a filter pad out my current filter (Interpet PF1) in new filter.
Step 2 – Do a fishless cycle till readings seem fine. During which put background (one of the plastic rock looking things) in, put more rocks in/take rocks out etc till im happy with the look.
Step 3 – Put my 5 Zebra Danios (possibly my 4 bronze corys or 2 dwarf gouramis) in the tank and continue to monitor levels.
Step 4 – When levels are consitent remove fish and put in my fish intended for the tank in (still working out what their going to be)
Step 5 – continue stocking tank.
Does this sound fine to you guys?
Am I right in putting some of my fish out of my current tank in?
The filters in the new tank are a Fluval 4 Plus and another one (I wont have the tank till Sunday so im presuming it’s the standard Juwel filter) so will a pad out my Interpet PF1 be sufficient to help the cycle as there pretty small?
Should I only have one filter in and run the other in my established tank until that’s ready?
Would it be worthwhile getting the guy (he’s a good friend so he’d be fine with it) to keep the two filters running in water out of his aquarium in a bucket, and only turn them off when he’s about to set off (he’s coming from Wales so its probably a 3 to 4 hour journey? Would this help at all? Would he need to keep the water heated in the bucket for this?
Will it be too tricky to try and put the background in when its already full of water (I’ve never used one before, so don’t know if you have to silicone it to the back)?