Hi all,
I joined ukaps yesterday due to wanting the back up of your advice to give my new tank the best start to life
My first query is this
I have 3 substrates in my tank starting with Ada power sand special s for the first layer with Amazonia aqua soil for the second layer topped off with more Amazonia aqua soil powder to help smaller roots?
Being a sucker for YouTube I noticed that they added water slowly to the substrate and planted but yesterday I was advised by my lfs to not do this as ammonia produced from the substrates will be too much for the plants and to cycle the tank with just water for 3-4 weeks with weekly water changes and to start bacteria growth in filter so just wanted confirmation really?
I joined ukaps yesterday due to wanting the back up of your advice to give my new tank the best start to life
My first query is this
I have 3 substrates in my tank starting with Ada power sand special s for the first layer with Amazonia aqua soil for the second layer topped off with more Amazonia aqua soil powder to help smaller roots?
Being a sucker for YouTube I noticed that they added water slowly to the substrate and planted but yesterday I was advised by my lfs to not do this as ammonia produced from the substrates will be too much for the plants and to cycle the tank with just water for 3-4 weeks with weekly water changes and to start bacteria growth in filter so just wanted confirmation really?