Hi Everyone - New User Here Already With Difficultys

[AdAndrews]

im new to the forum and to tropical fishkeeping.

i have a 260L fluval vicenza tank with

Wow! Talk about throwing yourself in at the deep end!

It tends to be the most water you have (bigger tank) the more forgiving it will be. I personally think it's not as easy as a "standard" percentage of water to change. I'd go with a bit of trial and error, if the 40% wasn't enough to get it as low as you wanted it next time do a bit more. That is a lot of water to change, even at 40%. Do test your water daily? I found that I haven't needed to do more than one water change a day with my fish-in cycle. I did have less fish than you, but I also have about 150L less water too.

What are your current water states?

having a bigger tank at the start makes more sence, its easier to have larger volumes of water so you can create a stable enviroment for the fish- it will be no harder keeping a 260ltr than a 60... wont have to do as MANY water chages, but the ones you will do will be 4x the ammount of that in a 60

 

[mark1979]

im new to the forum and to tropical fishkeeping.

i have a 260L fluval vicenza tank with

Wow! Talk about throwing yourself in at the deep end!

It tends to be the most water you have (bigger tank) the more forgiving it will be. I personally think it's not as easy as a "standard" percentage of water to change. I'd go with a bit of trial and error, if the 40% wasn't enough to get it as low as you wanted it next time do a bit more. That is a lot of water to change, even at 40%. Do test your water daily? I found that I haven't needed to do more than one water change a day with my fish-in cycle. I did have less fish than you, but I also have about 150L less water too.

What are your current water states?

having a bigger tank at the start makes more sence, its easier to have larger volumes of water so you can create a stable enviroment for the fish- it will be no harder keeping a 260ltr than a 60... wont have to do as MANY water chages, but the ones you will do will be 4x the ammount of that in a 60

i got a 400L now so that will be fun,lol

i just had another 0 readings!!!

its looking good,plus i managed to get some well established media today

thanks again for that mike

 

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