Yay ^.^ New Tank Here!

[Leedsboi86]

Hey everyone!

As some of you will know I recently moved home into a larger apartment(YAY) and mainly because it has a balcony hehe.
But when I moved I had to strip down and sell my Aquariums and fishies....

Well I have my new place all finished off and last night my partner got me my first Aquarium in our new home!
No idea what I'm gonna stock it with at moment just getting ready to start the cycle as soon as the water heats up enough.

It's running on a BioLife Filter and Digital LCD Light Timer so yay for not having to turn lights on and off lol.

Here's a pic of it as of now.
Soz about pic quality, was taken on my phone(My camerae hasn't got it's batts charged at mo)

 

[Esfa]

Wicked!

is that a thermometer built into the hood?!

 

[ALW]

What are the dimensions of the tank LxWxH

 

[Leedsboi86]

The Heater is built into the filter ^.^ as the power jets on one side the heater is on other so the water is heated then filtered before it comes back into the tank.

The Thermometer is the lil strip on the side of the glass, There is a way to display it on the LCD but I haven't got that far lol I have just set the clock and Auto On and Auto Off time so I don't have to mess about turning lights on and off.

Tank size is:
L: 27", W: 13", H: 16"

 

[Esfa]

The Heater is built into the filter ^.^ as the power jets on one side the heater is on other so the water is heated then filtered before it comes back into the tank.

The Thermometer is the lil strip on the side of the glass, There is a way to display it on the LCD but I haven't got that far lol I have just set the clock and Auto On and Auto Off time so I don't have to mess about turning lights on and off.

ooh, that's pretty cool!

 

[Leedsboi86]

Thankies ^.^
Just gotta work out how to start the cycle now.
the prawn idea is sounding pretty good.

 

[minxfishy]

Its always nice to get a new tank

Why not just grab some ammonia from homebase, boots or B&Q, much easier.

 

[Leedsboi86]

Boots sell Ammonia?
How much is it?

And how do I know how much to put in?

 

[minxfishy]

I believe the bigger stores do, but I know for sure that Homebase do as thats where I get mine

There is a calculator at the top of the forum, top right, at the bottom there is a space for you to add your tank size, the amount of ammonia solution in the bottle you buy, usually 9.5%, then it tells you how much you will need to add to get to 5ppm to start the cycle off

 

[Leedsboi86]

How much is the Ammonia roughly?

 

[minxfishy]

Think it was £1.99 for a bottle, which is plenty to cycle several tanks

 

[Leedsboi86]

wow cheap too.
Well theres a large Boots near me so I will go try them today.

 

[Leedsboi86]

Ok so hows best way to start cycle I couldn't get raw ammonia

 

[Esfa]

Ok so hows best way to start cycle I couldn't get raw ammonia

chuck a few prawns in there...

do nitrite readings everyweek, and then when you start to get a decent amount of nitrites, add more prawns, and test for nitrates. When you get nitrates, wait a week and then test ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. you should have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and loads of nitrates.

do a water change and then add fish lol