Maroonostrich
Fish Crazy
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I visited my local aquarists today...
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS! They had seven golden eyed dwarf cichlids and I reserved a male and 2 females on the spot, so I have my fish! LOVE these little cichlids- a batch of rams nearly mugged me through the glass as I intruded just after he had opened and was still feeding, so when I raised my hand in the corner all the fish shot over! Awww
Any hooo
I WENT for gravel and plastic plants!
I LEFT with a large piece of bogwood, a bag of SAND and a request to come back next day for LIVE PLANTS!!!
Eeek! I never had live plants before, shop owner said he'd recommend all the above as being better environment overall for the fish- e.g. as I expressed a liking for corys he said he would think this would be better than gravel. He has promised the plants won't be hard and he has new ones tomorrow so I need to go get mine then.
Anyway, the tank now contains sand and dechlorinated water. I tried not to stir it all up too much when I put in the water but it's looking a tiny bit messy in there right now.
I have not turned on the heater yet or the filter, I'm waiting for things to settle. Is this ok?
I'm soaking my bog wood to limit the colour of water when it goes in, how soon should I put that in, does it matter?
Thanks everyone!
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS! They had seven golden eyed dwarf cichlids and I reserved a male and 2 females on the spot, so I have my fish! LOVE these little cichlids- a batch of rams nearly mugged me through the glass as I intruded just after he had opened and was still feeding, so when I raised my hand in the corner all the fish shot over! Awww

Any hooo
I WENT for gravel and plastic plants!
I LEFT with a large piece of bogwood, a bag of SAND and a request to come back next day for LIVE PLANTS!!!
Eeek! I never had live plants before, shop owner said he'd recommend all the above as being better environment overall for the fish- e.g. as I expressed a liking for corys he said he would think this would be better than gravel. He has promised the plants won't be hard and he has new ones tomorrow so I need to go get mine then.
Anyway, the tank now contains sand and dechlorinated water. I tried not to stir it all up too much when I put in the water but it's looking a tiny bit messy in there right now.
I have not turned on the heater yet or the filter, I'm waiting for things to settle. Is this ok?
I'm soaking my bog wood to limit the colour of water when it goes in, how soon should I put that in, does it matter?
Thanks everyone!