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  • 30-04-2015 11:09pm
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    Eircom_Sucks
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    have my fluval edge set up today , water and sand treatments in it etc

    i know i need the water to cycle 3-4 weeks before any fish etc

    but do i need to leave the filter on 24/7 ? or can you turn it off when going to bed ?

    the lights are off etc just not sure if i have to leave filter on constantly ( esb bill etc )


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    Sleepy
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    The filter needs to be on 24/7.

    Read the sticky in this forum on cycling, it has everything you need to know (and more besides).

    One thing to be aware of is that the fluval edge is a tiny tank (assuming you have the 23l?) so the kind of thing you can keep is extremely limited, pretty much shrimp/plants only tbh.


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    Eircom_Sucks
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    The filter needs to be on 24/7.

    Read the sticky in this forum on cycling, it has everything you need to know (and more besides).

    One thing to be aware of is that the fluval edge is a tiny tank (assuming you have the 23l?) so the kind of thing you can keep is extremely limited, pretty much shrimp/plants only tbh.

    couple of danio's etc


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    Sleepy
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    Honestly, your tank is too small for even a couple of danios. It's a shrimp/plant tank and anyone advising otherwise is either trying to sell you something or doesn't give a damn about the wellbeing of the fish.


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    CruelCoin
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    Sleepy wrote: »
    Honestly, your tank is too small for even a couple of danios. It's a shrimp/plant tank and anyone advising otherwise is either trying to sell you something or doesn't give a damn about the wellbeing of the fish.

    You could go for truly tiny fish.

    https://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=969&q=dario+dario&oq=dario+dario&gs_l=img.3..0l2j0i8i30j0i5i30j0i24l6.1209.2925.0.3188.11.11.0.0.0.0.128.931.8j3.11.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.64.img..0.11.931.mPwrlCvQNdI

    1cm in size. Even the fluval edge isn't too small for that.

    Or you could find a nothobranchus killifish which lives in muddy puddles in the wild. Again, not too small.

    There are options. but yes, they are really very limited in a tank that small.


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