Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations LMB in Turkey

Fatih, follow exactly what Cecil is telling you to do. Don't rush through it, thinking that you don't have to do it that way. He's done this a number of times and you can learn from his mistakes.

This will all take time, especially for the filter to get functioning and populated with bacteria. It WONT happen overnight, and there's no way that you can speed up the process any faster than what he's telling you to do. If you try to shortcut what he says, the fish will die.

Settlable solids are fish poop and uneaten food that falls to the bottom.

A round tank makes cleaning up the bottom a lot easier.

Fish swim in their own toilet. If you don't clean the bottom, it will be a LOT harder to keep the water quality good, and you will have problems keeping the fish alive.