My New 60 Litre Tropical Tank!

[msasa19]

hi all, new to this forum and was looking for a little advice!

so i currently have a 20L tank with 2 platies in. no, i dont have a heater in it, and i know people wont like this, but ive had them for 6 months with no problems, i have a thermometer in there and it is at 25.c ish all the time.

for my birthday i am getting this tank: http/www.seapets.co.uk/products/aquarium-supplies/aquariums/fluval/elite-and-marina-fun-aquariums/marina-style-glass-aquarium-tropical-set-60-litre.html

i am getting the 60L.

i was just looking for some info on what i need to get, driftwood for example, and the best place to get it, there is a pets at home in the area but they feel the need to question me on everything, so will go a bit futher out to a aquatics shop.

i am going to leave the tank to cycle for a good 3-4 weeks before moving my platies and plan to build the tank up slowly.

fish wise, what am i looking at? i would like to attempt to breed, and im planning on keeping my 20L tank as a back up.

i have been looking online for some gravel, but cant seem to find any bright colours that arent tiny stones! anyone know where i could get some online at a decent price?

thank you in advance for any advice and sorry for the endless questions!

 

[MrsM]

cycling has no time limit, you have to let the tank FULLY cycle before adding fish, its alot more hard work (and some heart break with fish dying) with a fish in cycle, read and research cycling your tank....

 

[msasa19]

so to cycle my tank the ammonia and nitrite need to be at 0 right?

 

[Aquascaper]

so to cycle my tank the ammonia and nitrite need to be at 0 right?

After adding ammonia yes.

 

[MrsM]