Once your garden is well established, add the clay pellets that you have previously rinsed with clear water.

Once your garden is assembled, add water to your aquarium up to the maximum level. Circulate the water in your garden to eliminate chlorine for tap water. You can use rainwater.

A) We recommend using nitrifying bacterial solutions available in pet stores. Follow the instruction on the bottle. B) During the cycling process, we recommend continuously circulating water in your garden to oxygenate the bacteria. C) Once nitrites decrease and approach zero, and nitrates appear and reach 5 to 10 ppm, you can introduce plants (see the section on choosing plants).

When your nitrogen cycle is completed: continue to add nitrifying bacteria to the aquarium over a period of 2 weeks to allow time for your new plants to develop roots. To sow, simply mix your seeds with the surface of the clay pellets for vegetables, fruits, or flowers. For mature plants simply remove as much soil as possible and plant them in the clay pebbles.

Once your new seeds have developed roots, typically around 75% of your bins, you can introduce the fish. With mature plants, immediately following the completion of the nitrogen cycle, you can place your fish into the aquarium. For the selection of fish, visit our "Fish" page.