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A lot happened in the last few days!
My custom lid from C & H Glass and Mirror in Scarborough arrived and so did the substrates I ordered from Angelfins (Fluorite, Aqua Soil Amazonian Light, and Carib Sea sand).
It took a long time to wash the fluorite, in particular, and I'm not thrilled with the way it looks (too red), but I hope it will be good for the plants.
Some of the plants and also the fish are expected to arrive later today.
Water parameters yesterday, 24 h after adding the substrate: pH 6.75, nitrites < 0.1 ppm, nitrates < 5 ppm, ammonia undetectable. (The filter was the same as before, and I saved about 20% of the aged water from the tank, so this is unsurprising). I put my catfish in a 15 gallon quarantine tank for 24 hours to let the cloudiness in the big tank clear. He's back in there now and behaving normally.
A lot happened in the last few days!
My custom lid from C & H Glass and Mirror in Scarborough arrived and so did the substrates I ordered from Angelfins (Fluorite, Aqua Soil Amazonian Light, and Carib Sea sand).
It took a long time to wash the fluorite, in particular, and I'm not thrilled with the way it looks (too red), but I hope it will be good for the plants.
Some of the plants and also the fish are expected to arrive later today.
Water parameters yesterday, 24 h after adding the substrate: pH 6.75, nitrites < 0.1 ppm, nitrates < 5 ppm, ammonia undetectable. (The filter was the same as before, and I saved about 20% of the aged water from the tank, so this is unsurprising). I put my catfish in a 15 gallon quarantine tank for 24 hours to let the cloudiness in the big tank clear. He's back in there now and behaving normally.