Ok, so im just in the process of cleaning out a 20 litre tank which has been used in the past for a goldfish but that didnt go to well... so im moving onto tropical in the hope that the smaller fish will be much more suited to this tank? i plan to get some neon tetras or something similar in size.
so im just in the process of cleaning the tank out and cleaning the gravel, ive also been given an old filter of a friend as the one that came with this tank i feel is useless.
now im just not sure of how to cycle the tank best... im planning on adding clean tap water, adding some tetra aquasafe to dechlorinate it, and its here where im not to sure...
ive just been to my lfs and picked up an adequate heater (25w is ok for 20 litres right?) and also got a small plant and some tetra safe start. is the safe start worth using? as some people say it works great and will do just as good a job as a normal cycle using ammonia etc, and other people are telling me its a waste of time?
also once the tank is set up and i eventually get it set up with the right test results and have fish in it, how often should i be doing water changes? i dont want to overkill the waterchanges and do more harm than good?
thanks for reading..and any advice
regards
martin
so im just in the process of cleaning the tank out and cleaning the gravel, ive also been given an old filter of a friend as the one that came with this tank i feel is useless.
now im just not sure of how to cycle the tank best... im planning on adding clean tap water, adding some tetra aquasafe to dechlorinate it, and its here where im not to sure...
ive just been to my lfs and picked up an adequate heater (25w is ok for 20 litres right?) and also got a small plant and some tetra safe start. is the safe start worth using? as some people say it works great and will do just as good a job as a normal cycle using ammonia etc, and other people are telling me its a waste of time?
also once the tank is set up and i eventually get it set up with the right test results and have fish in it, how often should i be doing water changes? i dont want to overkill the waterchanges and do more harm than good?
thanks for reading..and any advice
regards
martin