Dry start - Doubts about flooding it.

[pseudodiego]

Hi everyone.

I'm running a Dry Start and it's going well, plants seems to be healthy and are rooting very well.

Now, I have some doubts about the flooding time:

-Should I start with the light at 100%, or put it at 60% and increase it progressively?
-Should I put more CO2 into the tank at first?
-I have a big pothos plants in another aquarium. Would it be a good idea to add it to the aquarium for the first two or three weeks until the plants adapt to submersed live?
-I have been cycling the filter media in another mature tank for two months. Taking that into consideration, when should I begin to introduce the fish and shrimps into it?

Thanks!

 

[foxfish]

You want lowish light and very high C02 to start with and personly I would not add any fish or shrimp until you have the C02 dialled it and plants growing.