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10 gallon starting over build

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Well since my tank got either a case of ich or NTD. So I took everything out and let it soak in a bleach/water solution including the heater, filter and all the parts. Then i also put a bleach/water solution in the tank and let it soak till the next day. I had 2 kyoto plants, a crested java fern, some moneywort, and a java fern. I dipped each of them in the water/bleach solution and rinsed them all off but Im still kind of iffy on weather or not I should or can put them back in the tank.

Here is what the tank had looked like:


I have already ordered:
1 - Bag floramax midnight
1 - T8 aqueon floramax bulb
3 - Dwarf subulata
3 - Corkscrew vallisenaria
1 - Rosette sword
and some dwarf hairgrass. All of which should be here Tuesday! :-D

As of right now i have the tank empty with water in it the filter running along with the heater. I've added some microbe-lift and here's what my parameters look like so far.

Ammonia: 2.0ppm
PH: 7.5
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0

Something doesn't seem right with the cycling. It has been running for 3 days thought I might see something already but im probably wrong lol. I also tested the water in the tank for chlorine which showed up as 0. Which is awesome!

Here is the tank now!


Any suggestions would be awesome!
 
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