Hi All,
Just wanter do introduce myself and at the same time ask some questions
1st- Thank you to both Gentlemen's at Aquarium Gardens yesterday for all your help and directions to this forum- much appreciated.
I have been in reef aquarium hobby for about 10 year and I did attempt tropical set up couple of years ago with rather unimpressive results...
Could somebody answer some more questions I have about this setup please. I have 160L (35 gallon) tank with light fitting that came in the box as standard 21W LED strips which gives pretty much even light across the tank. Not sure if this is adequate etc.?
I run 1 Oase 250 Canister filter with built in heater- again not sure if this is enough? I have adjusted temperature from 27 degrees to 23.5 after yesterday's visit to the store. What would be recommended water changes frequency and what percentage?
Fish- about 20 Neons and 2 Siamese Algae Eater only. Considering adding shrimp once it's all established as I absolutely loved them yesterday.
CO2 runs in line with lighting times but this will be changed to come on about 3h before lights come on once I get additional timer.
Water itself- possibly main reason I did fail previously and was no wiser until yesterday- I was using softened water from the nearest tap... now all replaced with super hard tap water we get in this area.
I use TNC complete fertiliser once per week- 15ml in line with label instructions. Added Neo Plants Tab's yesterday as instructed.
I would be grateful for any feedback and recommendations- I don't want to fail at this ever again.
P.S. Would UV in line steriliser be required at some point?
Attached photos of what it looked like yesterday vs today.
Just wanter do introduce myself and at the same time ask some questions
1st- Thank you to both Gentlemen's at Aquarium Gardens yesterday for all your help and directions to this forum- much appreciated.
I have been in reef aquarium hobby for about 10 year and I did attempt tropical set up couple of years ago with rather unimpressive results...
Could somebody answer some more questions I have about this setup please. I have 160L (35 gallon) tank with light fitting that came in the box as standard 21W LED strips which gives pretty much even light across the tank. Not sure if this is adequate etc.?
I run 1 Oase 250 Canister filter with built in heater- again not sure if this is enough? I have adjusted temperature from 27 degrees to 23.5 after yesterday's visit to the store. What would be recommended water changes frequency and what percentage?
Fish- about 20 Neons and 2 Siamese Algae Eater only. Considering adding shrimp once it's all established as I absolutely loved them yesterday.
CO2 runs in line with lighting times but this will be changed to come on about 3h before lights come on once I get additional timer.
Water itself- possibly main reason I did fail previously and was no wiser until yesterday- I was using softened water from the nearest tap... now all replaced with super hard tap water we get in this area.
I use TNC complete fertiliser once per week- 15ml in line with label instructions. Added Neo Plants Tab's yesterday as instructed.
I would be grateful for any feedback and recommendations- I don't want to fail at this ever again.
P.S. Would UV in line steriliser be required at some point?
Attached photos of what it looked like yesterday vs today.