Read my comment , I said while retail may not be essential . And even though it isn ' t essential , there ' s a lot of money to be made by opening on Thanksgiving as has been proven the past years by many retailers . So if someone is working retail it ' s just a part of the job they ' ll have to deal with . <| sep |> Ou Game of Thrones . <| sep |> I rather go to the general man . Save so much time <| sep |> Just in terms of shopping list , a liquid test kit and a bottle of seachem prime are essentials in my mind . I would agree on taking the carbon out , but keep it kicking around as it is helpful to put in for a short while after any medicinal treatment . If you leave it in and ever have to treat , make sure to take it out . I ' m running on the assumption that you ' re going to cycle the tank with no fish first , so also some kind of pure ammonia source to assist with that . Everything else looks awesome !