Originally Posted by yeemiau

Q1 : nope, you don't have to do that. Some people does that but it is not necessary. We have not done that before. Don't worry, green will come later. no worries.
Q2 : I can guarantee you that will be a good start for some non stop illness problem. hehehe also, too much turbulance in the water will kacau the development of a nice sexy tail. Too many development of the fish will be out of your control once you start using filter, eg. scale, tail, bodyshape, etc.