Same as Galantspeedz. I have 1cm thick styrofoam under my tanks. Soaks up any small imperfections my stand may have and if your decor weight is evenly distributed, should correct micro levelling issues. This is common practice in Mauritius.
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The paper should dry eventually as there is not an air tight seal around the bottom trim of the tank.
Did you make the stand yourself or is it a store bought stand? I'm trying to figure out what type of wood the top of the stand is made out of.
Did you make the stand yourself or is it a store bought stand? I'm trying to figure out what type of wood the top of the stand is made out of.
Sounds good! I figured you would just leave the paper in there since the tank already had water in it.
If you are planning on using substrate in the tank, just leave the remaining paper there if you want as it probably won't be visible to you. If you have help available to you, you can always remove the tank and try and remove any remaining paper if you want.
Do you have a 4 foot long level so you can check the tank side to side and front to back to see if it sets level on the stand?
If you are planning on using substrate in the tank, just leave the remaining paper there if you want as it probably won't be visible to you. If you have help available to you, you can always remove the tank and try and remove any remaining paper if you want.
Do you have a 4 foot long level so you can check the tank side to side and front to back to see if it sets level on the stand?
The tank is equal to my floor, about 1mm of perfectly level. I just filled the tank with substrate and it seemed to go pretty well.
Also I was wandering how long it will take the tank to cycle if I, put food in it to decay and create ammonia, my sponge filter from my 65g tank, and api quick start. Thank you guys for all of the help.
Cycling a tank can take anywhere from a couple weeks to 8 weeks depending on what method you use to cycle. I have never used fish food to cycle a tank so can't offer any advice.
My preferred method is to do a fish-less cycle using clear household ammonia and the API Master test kit to monitor the water parameters and for me it usually takes about 6 weeks. I keep a chart to monitor ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH and test at the same time every day but during the first couple weeks only test for ammonia as that is the 1st step in the process.
If I am in a hurry to get a tank ready, I have used Start Smart Complete which is a bottled bacteria product and just follow the instructions. Or I move a mature filter and media to the new tank and stock with fish lightly but still monitor the water via testing in case a water change is needed.
You haven't mentioned if you've kept an aquarium before so I'm not sure how familiar you are with the cycling process so let us know. ?
My preferred method is to do a fish-less cycle using clear household ammonia and the API Master test kit to monitor the water parameters and for me it usually takes about 6 weeks. I keep a chart to monitor ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH and test at the same time every day but during the first couple weeks only test for ammonia as that is the 1st step in the process.
If I am in a hurry to get a tank ready, I have used Start Smart Complete which is a bottled bacteria product and just follow the instructions. Or I move a mature filter and media to the new tank and stock with fish lightly but still monitor the water via testing in case a water change is needed.
You haven't mentioned if you've kept an aquarium before so I'm not sure how familiar you are with the cycling process so let us know. ?
I had a 10g for 4 years, I know its not much. I've also kept a South American cichlid 65g tank for 8 months now, it's only two tanks that I've set up and cycled them both wrong. Luckily no fish died due to the incorrect cycling, but I don't want to risk it with this bigger tank. So no I don't have a ton of experience cycling tanks. Is it an option to just take my water to my local fish store after 8 weeks of cycling?
You could have your LFS test your water for you but it doesn't really give YOU a handle on how your tank is actually doing and it is possible they could give you bad or false results.
The API Master test kit is around $25 online, may be able to get it cheaper with upcoming sales and is really a good choice to be able to do the testing yourself.
The API Master test kit is around $25 online, may be able to get it cheaper with upcoming sales and is really a good choice to be able to do the testing yourself.
