Hi all,

This is my first post but I've been reading through aquaquotient for the past weeks and found the forum very informative and helpful. So I've decided ask for some specific tips now.

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The spec of my tank is as follow:
- 1 foot tank (35 x 30 x 25 cm ) roughly 4 gallon
- Boyu Bio-filter
- Nisso 600 CO2 System
- Dymax fan
- 18 watts PL light
- GEX soil (red)
- Driftwood (is it?)
- Plants consist of :
-- Java moss (bottom right)
-- HC (foreground)
-- Nanas (on the wood)
-- Some spiky plant (left) < if you can identify it do let me know thanks!
-- Some leafy plant (background)

I've setup this tank for 4 days already after a rather failed setup previously (with spiky moss and Hydrocotyle which is a wrong move and sucker catfish and glass catfish which seemed too big for the tank). Anyway...4 days has passed and things seem to be going well (too early to tell hehe) and I'm having thoughts of getting fishes for cycling the tank. So here are a few questions I have:
1. What kind of fish should I get looking at the size of my tank for cycling? and how many?
2. I've heard of the rule of 1inch to a gallon which means i can have up to 4inch. Is this critical or can I afford to have more once the cycling is complete?
3. I did some test and found that my nitrite level is getting a bit high. Is that normal during cycling? What can I do to ensure a smooth cycle?
4. Am I doing things right? LOL

I know some of the questions have been asked before, but I find it hard to find tips for maintaining nano tanks as small little errors are magnified in such a small space.

Hope I'm not being too lengthy here. Anyway, glad to be a part of this forum! Many thanks ahead!