Good Morning everyone!
My tank cycle is going very well and I am going to be adding my first fish soon, and just have a few final questions: (This is a fish-only tank and I won't be quarantining the first 2-3 fish I add)
1. What supplies do you need when adding your first fish? I know we obviously need fish food. I also bought some of the Seachem products like Prime, Pristine and Clarity just in case, I haven't really sued them yet though.
2. I have a return pump in my tank (30 gallon) does that provide enough flow or should I install some powerheads as well?
3. Most likely I'm going to be getting my fish from a local fish store, I've been reading up on the acclimation process and it seems like the general consensus used to be that drip acclimating is good, but over the last year I've noticed a lot of people and websites like Live aquaria and Drreefs are straying away from drip acclimating? Should I just do whatever my LFS recommends? (I haven't spoken to them yet so no idea what their stance is)
4. I know after I add my fish, the lights should remain off (I haven't turned them on yet) for the first 12~ hours. After the fish are more comfortable, can I put any light setting I find attractive or do the fish prefer certain light levels? I have the fluval light that has 5 colors you can mix (White, purple, blue, pink and cyan). Is going full blast white too much for the fish?
My tank cycle is going very well and I am going to be adding my first fish soon, and just have a few final questions: (This is a fish-only tank and I won't be quarantining the first 2-3 fish I add)
1. What supplies do you need when adding your first fish? I know we obviously need fish food. I also bought some of the Seachem products like Prime, Pristine and Clarity just in case, I haven't really sued them yet though.
2. I have a return pump in my tank (30 gallon) does that provide enough flow or should I install some powerheads as well?
3. Most likely I'm going to be getting my fish from a local fish store, I've been reading up on the acclimation process and it seems like the general consensus used to be that drip acclimating is good, but over the last year I've noticed a lot of people and websites like Live aquaria and Drreefs are straying away from drip acclimating? Should I just do whatever my LFS recommends? (I haven't spoken to them yet so no idea what their stance is)
4. I know after I add my fish, the lights should remain off (I haven't turned them on yet) for the first 12~ hours. After the fish are more comfortable, can I put any light setting I find attractive or do the fish prefer certain light levels? I have the fluval light that has 5 colors you can mix (White, purple, blue, pink and cyan). Is going full blast white too much for the fish?