Introduction is due

[Aganor]

Hi all,
My name is Tiago,
Im 25 years old and im a portuguese military man

My love for this hobby started since i was young but it was only a few weeks back when me and my girlfriend decided to go hard and serious about this!

Since our house inst big, we just have space for a small aquarium of 60x30x30, but will be our little world

for now we are still buying the equipement and tools, but we already have:
aquarium 60x30x30
eheim 2213 *incoming*
2x Led fixures (1x Beamswork power led V2 300 and 400) with a total of 1340lumen in 14w
100w termostate(came with the kit)
termometer
ph test
AC timer
CO2 kit with solenoid valve and external reactor*incoming*


Our living things will be:

Flora:
Vesicularia ferriei
Hemianthus Callatrichoides
Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini'
Myriophyllum mattogrossense

Fauna:
Paracheirodon innesi x8
Pygmy corydoras x8
Caridina Multidentata x8
Clithon Sp. (diadema) Souleyetana x8

We really want to make this work and we are reading and reading and reading before even flooding the aquarium,

Wish us luck

[thebaldingaquarist]

Looks like you are taking this seriously!

Its a learning journey, but make sure you have fun!

On a side note, make sure to cycle the tank and filter before introducing the fish and shrimp.

[Aganor]

Of course and thank you

The fauna will be only introduced 1 month or so after all the plants are allocated to the aquarium, plenty of time for any leak from the fertil soil to get consumed by the plants since the barrier of the inert and fertil is thin on the middle

[David]

Hello...welcome to AQ! Just a side note that you have 54 liters of water. The water volume will be less taking into account substrate and hardscape.

This means, based on the guldelines of 1cm of fish to 3 liters of water, try not to exceed 18...provided if they are just 1cm.

Perhaps if you want more fishes, it will be best done 3 to 4 months later when all your plants have established.

Start with a low bioload and dose NPK to kick off your plants.

[Aganor]

Yes, i totally forgot that, thanks for the heads up

About fertilizing, i will be using Tom Barr Estimate Index method at the beginning so i estimate the fertilizers i will or not use when i put the shrimps, so i can ditch the extra NO3 for their sake