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You need to read up on how to cycle your tank first.
Typical tank cycling takes up to a month.
Hi all, i just set up a 1ft fresh water tank and i have 1 Question....do i really need to wait for 1 week for the plant to settle down in my tank then i can buy some shrimps and fish to put in???
Can someone help me out with this???
Thanks all....
Last edited by Simon; 23rd Jan 2008 at 08:31. Reason: SMS
You need to read up on how to cycle your tank first.
Typical tank cycling takes up to a month.
It depends on how heavily you plant. If you plant heavily like >60% of tank than you could stock moderate amount of fauna immediately. Ensure that you have sufficient lighting to cover all the tank so the plants can start to absorb/consume any waste produced by the fauna. If you wish to be safe, than maybe a week or so of cycling will be fine.
Tanks that do not have any plants will typically rely on the growth of nitrifying bacteria to consume fauna waste so will take up to a month to cycle.
Yours Truly, Avan
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Wait is better compare to wasting money. If say your tank is not cycle properly, and you put in your shrimp, 50% they will not survive..Originally Posted by mantise08
Hi all, i just set up a 1ft fresh water tank and i have 1 Question....do i really need to wait for 1 week for the plant to settle down in my tank then i can buy some shrimps and fish to put in???
Can someone help me out with this???
Thanks all....
At least let it cycle for a week, then put in some shrimp or fish to test water and cycle it more..
Welome to AQ. As a guide it's a week, but you can put in a few cheap fish to test after a couple of days. Shrimps are more sensitive though.
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Ken
need to cycle tank first. if you want to use fishless /planted cycle would be best, as fishes used in cycled process usually get permanently damaged organs.
Thanks everyone but got 1 quite stupid question....how do i know if the plant is growing??? By knowing it's getting taller or how to see if the roots had settled into those sand-stone(if i'm correct)???
Last edited by mantise08; 25th Jan 2008 at 19:25.
lol. i don't know how to answer your question :P
It's easy to see how plants are growing. New leaves will have a lighter/fresher colour than old leaves.
For roots, I wouldn't go checking because in my experience roots take a bit of time to attach.
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