Brett_dale
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Hey all its my first post in this area and im after some advice, my wife and i decided we want a tropical aquarium, we were originally thinking of the small ones you see in places like pets at home but after research (lots of) we decided bigger is better and easier to look after.
we settled on a 24*15*12 aquarium (not so big by some standards but we feel a good starter size), a 100 w heater and a hagen fluval u1 filter (we know its slightly undersized but will consider adding a second filter at a later date). We are going for a live planted aquarium and so far have 4 unknown (pets at home) plants in there (more to follow) with a 15watt full spectrum uv light. All set up on the 1st aug
We are aware that the setup needs cycling and when everything has settled down to good lvls fish will be added slowly and over time so as to let everything adjust and not create spikes.
The aquatics shop were using (not pets at home) ran a quick test on the water tuesday, its been running just under 24 hrs and we have around 2ppm ammonia and small amount of nitrites starting to build up already.
stock list wise we have been researching and asking for advice and it would seem the scarlet badis and the kribensis we were originally planning for "can" get aggressive so they have been striked of the list.
Possible stock list were looking at.
2 x cockatoo Apisto (1 x male 1 x female)
1 x Peacock Gudgeon (1 x male)
1 x Betta Imbellis (1 x male)
2 x Amano Shrimp (unknown)
1 x Red Cherry Shrimp
at a later date we will probably add a 2nd filter or upgrade and increase to
3 x cockatoo Apisto (1 x male 2 x female)
2 x Peacock Gudgeon (1 x male 1 x unknown)
2 x Betta Imbellis (1 x male 1 x female)
2 x Amano Shrimp (unknown)
1 x Red Cherry Shrimp (unsure on this one, the only reason i dont plan for a pair is because i dont want to be over run, i heard the cherry shrimp breed like rabbits whereas the amano shrimp are fairly hard to get breeding)
of course all this requires further research and i know we have plenty of time to do this while the tank is cycling.
Thanks in advance
Brett
we settled on a 24*15*12 aquarium (not so big by some standards but we feel a good starter size), a 100 w heater and a hagen fluval u1 filter (we know its slightly undersized but will consider adding a second filter at a later date). We are going for a live planted aquarium and so far have 4 unknown (pets at home) plants in there (more to follow) with a 15watt full spectrum uv light. All set up on the 1st aug
We are aware that the setup needs cycling and when everything has settled down to good lvls fish will be added slowly and over time so as to let everything adjust and not create spikes.
The aquatics shop were using (not pets at home) ran a quick test on the water tuesday, its been running just under 24 hrs and we have around 2ppm ammonia and small amount of nitrites starting to build up already.
stock list wise we have been researching and asking for advice and it would seem the scarlet badis and the kribensis we were originally planning for "can" get aggressive so they have been striked of the list.
Possible stock list were looking at.
2 x cockatoo Apisto (1 x male 1 x female)
1 x Peacock Gudgeon (1 x male)
1 x Betta Imbellis (1 x male)
2 x Amano Shrimp (unknown)
1 x Red Cherry Shrimp
at a later date we will probably add a 2nd filter or upgrade and increase to
3 x cockatoo Apisto (1 x male 2 x female)
2 x Peacock Gudgeon (1 x male 1 x unknown)
2 x Betta Imbellis (1 x male 1 x female)
2 x Amano Shrimp (unknown)
1 x Red Cherry Shrimp (unsure on this one, the only reason i dont plan for a pair is because i dont want to be over run, i heard the cherry shrimp breed like rabbits whereas the amano shrimp are fairly hard to get breeding)
of course all this requires further research and i know we have plenty of time to do this while the tank is cycling.
Thanks in advance
Brett
i listened to the person from the store and planted them complete in there little ceramic rings 
, after lots of reading and watching of vids i have now removed them from the foam, wool and rings they were been strangled by, cleaned up all the dead matter and replanted them a little more spread out, i have also cut down there lights on time from 12 hrs to around 10 hrs.
