Shea's first aquarium.

[Shea]

Up and running (fishless) for 2 weeks.

Basic 10gal tank

Filled with water that was purified by reverse osmosis. Treated with Tetra AquaSafe and Replenished with R/O Right by "Kent".

Tank Set-up
-Tetra-Care 10gal starter kit
-Tetra-Care 2-15 Whisper heater
-Thermometer
-Extra Filters
-Extra bulbs
-Electrical surge protector power strip
-Blue Gravel
-Rock centerpiece decor
-Plant background decor
-3 artificial plant decor
-Aqua Safe Water treatment
-Easy Balance Water treatment
-API Master Freshwater tester kit
-4in fish net (fine)
-Glass scrubber brush
-Kent R/O Right
-Siphon

Fishy Cycle starting this weekend with 3 Neon Tetra's

[Cameron]

not a bad looking tank, neon tetras arent the best thing to cycle with but they may work. Also if you dont have a Master test kit, you NEED to get one so you can keep track of ammonia and nitrites until you cycle is done. Otherwise looks good

EDIT: Sorry i read through it again, post your parameters up, good choice on the kit ; )

[robnepper]

Nice little tank there. I second the neon tetra thing. Looks like your going about things in the right way though.

[Lady Hobbs]

Hi Shea and welcome to AC.

Everything with your set up is fine but the neons most likely will not make it. They are rather fragile even in a cycled tank. It will also take a long time to get an ammonia level to get your tank cycling with only two small fish. Zebra danio's make a good cycling fish and are pretty tough. You may want to get about 6-8 of them.

[AABatteries]

Looks good, and I triple the neon suggestion.
Also, you might wanna top off the tank, I can't stand looking at tanks that aren't topped off. Also why would you go through all the trouble with the RO water and adding the RO Right, when you could just use tap water?

[Red]

I think hobbs ment zebra danios not neon danios.. But i would agree with her because neon tetras are hard to keep in a cycled tank. I have a 1 and half year old tank that has trouble keeping neons..

[Lady Hobbs]

OOPS Fixed it. Thanks sweet thang!

[Red]

LOL no problem hobbs :) I also agree with AA that you don't need RO water you could just use regular tap water (treated)

[travie]

-Aqua Safe Water treatment
-Easy Balance Water treatment

You really do not need the two things in red if you are going to continue to use RO water. It is already very clean water. You will need to use the RO right if you continue to use RO water though.

[Rue]

Yes. Don't use R/O water for a FW tank. You want those minerals in your water.

For a SW tank it's different. Since you're adding the salt mix, you want the original water as pure as possible. And you want to avoid adding any phosphates etc.

So use tap water for your FW tank, and a water conditioner. Unless you have strangely bizzare tap water, you'll be better off.