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slickwillislim · 09-20-2007, 12:42 AM

I would change the water every day or every other day and don't stop until your ammonia and nitrite are non existent. Most people try not to put fish in a tank right after adding aquasoil because of the ammonia spike it causes, from what I can tell only half of your substrate is aquasoil so your spike shouldn't be as bad. I don't want your fish to survive the transition only to suffer during an ammonia spike.

I really like manzanita wood and can wait for it to sink to see what you do with it.

HC and downoi can make beautiful foregrounds. You don't see too many HC foregrounds on tanks your size so I can't wait to see how it will all look.

I am glad you got your tank back. I would be crushed if I had to leave my three tanks that abruptly, so much hard work.

Good luck with the restart.

09-20-2007, 12:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
slickwillislim Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 907 iTrader Ratings: 9 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 14741	Re: Trying again - Jessie's 125 I would change the water every day or every other day and don't stop until your ammonia and nitrite are non existent. Most people try not to put fish in a tank right after adding aquasoil because of the ammonia spike it causes, from what I can tell only half of your substrate is aquasoil so your spike shouldn't be as bad. I don't want your fish to survive the transition only to suffer during an ammonia spike. I really like manzanita wood and can wait for it to sink to see what you do with it. HC and downoi can make beautiful foregrounds. You don't see too many HC foregrounds on tanks your size so I can't wait to see how it will all look. I am glad you got your tank back. I would be crushed if I had to leave my three tanks that abruptly, so much hard work. Good luck with the restart.