150 Gallon Tank G'day all, relative newbie here.

[PaulinAus]

Just set up my first tank in 40 years, 650 Ltrs (170 g) with Sump filtration. Planted with CO2 injection and inline UV. Freshwater tropical community is the goal. I know I’ve gone big for a first tank but was told bigger is better (behave!) and hence I went all in with my set up. Now wondering what to put in it lol. We’ve started it off with 20 Rummynose Tetra’s and 17 Cardinal Tetra’s, but not sure what direction to go in next lol. Helppppppppppp

 

[Fishfur]

Welcome to Fishlore.

Talk about jumping in at the deep end - woo! Nice way to get back into the hobby for sure.

How’d you go about cycling it? Just curious . Sounds like a very nice start on the livestock.

Show us pictures! We love to see pictures!!

 

[Lucy]

Hi welcome to FishLore!

 

[PaulinAus]

Welcome to Fishlore.

Talk about jumping in at the deep end - woo! Nice way to get back into the hobby for sure.

How’d you go about cycling it? Just curious . Sounds like a very nice start on the livestock.

Show us pictures! We love to see pictures!!

Hi Fishfur
Cycling was done fishless and took about 5 weeks. Went through the Ammonia then Nitrite spikes and got a touch of Nitrates, although not much (maybe the plants prevented any Nitrate spikes?)
So we added the tetras, just added 5 dwarf chain loaches to keep the ramshorn and bladder snail populations down. Also 4 Otto’s to help with the Algae.
And as you asked so nicely please find a couple photos of the set up lol

Hi welcome to FishLore!

Thank you Lucy

 

[targetfish]

Absolutely stunning tanks!!

 

[Coradee]

Welcome to Fishlore, beautiful tank I have tank envy now!

 

[PaulinAus]

Absolutely stunning tanks!!

Thank you

Welcome to Fishlore, beautiful tank I have tank envy now!

Thank you

 

[Fishfur]

Hi Fishfur
Cycling was done fishless and took about 5 weeks. Went through the Ammonia then Nitrite spikes and got a touch of Nitrates, although not much (maybe the plants prevented any Nitrate spikes?)
So we added the tetras, just added 5 dwarf chain loaches to keep the ramshorn and bladder snail populations down. Also 4 Otto’s to help with the Algae.
And as you asked so nicely please find a couple photos of the set up lol


Thank you Lucy

Really lovely set up - once the plants grow in and mature some more, it’s going to look just amazing.

 

[Fishadict512]

Welcome to FishLore!

Stunning tank!