evolutionary
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Hi all -
I am in the process of getting the Fluval Edge set up. Did anyone else find the setup instructions confusing? I am referring primarily to when you reach the steps for adding water/chemicals. The way they wrote it makes it sound like you can add your fish the same day as you start the cycling. This made no sense to me, so I did the following:
Filled the water 1/2 way like the instructions said and added the specified amount of the chemicals. Then I filled it to within an inch or so of the "collar". The next two days I added the rest of the cycle formula like the instructions said. So the water as of today has been going for four days now - is this enough time to begin adding fish?
My other question is for when I add the fish - the water level is still an inch below the collar, so after I add the fish (in which I will avoid adding any of the fish store water), should I just top off the Edge with a side jug of water that has been treated with the dechlorinator chemicals, i.e. basically what I would have done had I been performing a standard water change?
Any advice would be appreciated, b/c I found the instructions to be very murky and want to make sure I'm setting this thing up correctly.
I am in the process of getting the Fluval Edge set up. Did anyone else find the setup instructions confusing? I am referring primarily to when you reach the steps for adding water/chemicals. The way they wrote it makes it sound like you can add your fish the same day as you start the cycling. This made no sense to me, so I did the following:
Filled the water 1/2 way like the instructions said and added the specified amount of the chemicals. Then I filled it to within an inch or so of the "collar". The next two days I added the rest of the cycle formula like the instructions said. So the water as of today has been going for four days now - is this enough time to begin adding fish?
My other question is for when I add the fish - the water level is still an inch below the collar, so after I add the fish (in which I will avoid adding any of the fish store water), should I just top off the Edge with a side jug of water that has been treated with the dechlorinator chemicals, i.e. basically what I would have done had I been performing a standard water change?
Any advice would be appreciated, b/c I found the instructions to be very murky and want to make sure I'm setting this thing up correctly.