New 210g set up w/ FX5 and Rio 2500. Planted. 8" Mono Peacock bass, 4" mono peacock bass, 14" TSN, 4" spotted Rapheal catfish, 2 4" whiptail catfish, 1 5" catfish(the name is not coming to my mind), 1 6" Farowella, 1 4.5" Farowella, 1 4" royal farowella, 1 5" poly bechir, 1 3" albino bristle nose pleco, 1 3" gold nugget pleco, 3 1" snails(not sure the species). The tank has been set up for 1 week, bottom feeders get about 1.5 ounces of either frozen bloodworms, brine shrimp or beef heart every other day and large fish get 2-3 dozen 2" feeders every other day.
Water changes
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oh the question is when should I do water changes? I was thinking every three weeks? BTW this is only my second tank in my life and I have only been in the hobby since 10/7/09 so about 4 months.
all fish and plants were transferred from a 75 gallon. New 210g has new substrate and it isnt fertilized i used root tabs
Did you cycle the tank before adding the fish? That a lot of fish to add in one week even if it was cycled before hand.tyjo1334;3874064; said:
standard answer is 25-30% weekly.
but as mentioned above, a test kit will let you know more accurately how long you can go between WC.
but as mentioned above, a test kit will let you know more accurately how long you can go between WC.
i filled the tank with rock plants and water then took about 40 gallons of water from my 75 gallon(where everything got transferred from) and dug into the existing rock removing dirt and debri(normally waste water) and put this into 210 then put my fx5 that was on my 75 for 3 months on the 210 for 2 hours to balance everything out and then transferred the fish and honestly the fish had no stress at all I actually had 4 dozen goldfish in the water for about 2-3 days prior to doing this entire transaction and the night that I moved all the plants and waste water and FX5 and fish I woke up in the morning with only about 5-6 fish left all fish ate that night within 6-7 hours after moving them. Does this sound right what did I do right/wrong. Does my tank still need to cycle now or no?