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Nope, sorry! I live in PA. But thanks for the advice! I already have been cycling my tank for 2 weeks, so at least I have a good start! :)

Okay! I'm doing the cycle by adding pure ammonia....however I have some Amazon Swords in my tank so I didn't want to crank the temperature up to high so I comprised by putting the temperature at 82. Would the Amazons be okay with the higher temperatures?

I'm keeping the temperature in my tank around 82 degrees to help speed up the cycle, but this has caused the water in my tank to evaporate and now the water is around 2 inches lower than it was when I started. Can I add water to the tank to bring the water level back up?

Okay, thanks!

Do you think it's necessary to raise my ph? If it is, I really, really like the idea of crushed corals. I found a 15 lb bag of crushed corals at my LFS and I also found a 2 lb bag of crushed shells. Would crushed shells raise ph too?

If I had to change my ph, could I use baking soda? I'd do a guess and check method to raise up the ph, and then add more when I do my weekly water change.

I feel so stupid....I was testing my ph wrong! Using the API master test kit, my ph is 6 or below. :eek: Every year I have some water people come and put calcium in our water. I think that also brings the ph up for a while....But now I'm worried that getting calcium in our water will change the...

Okay!

Yeah, the neon colors are the glofish! Even though blue light brings out the colors best, I'm not going to use a blue light. I saw some glofish in the pet store without the special light and they still looked fine without it. I had a question about the temperature the tank should be...I was...

Okay, good! After my tank cycles and I'm getting the fish then I'll decide which stocking plan I want to use. Just to make sure, all of the fish will do fine with a ph of 7.8, right?

If I did #3 I probably wouldn't add any more glofish tetras. They are so expensive at 8.99 a piece!

I have three stocking plans I was thinking of. Tell me how they work: Stocking 1: 2 female platys 6 corys 5 zebra danios/glofish danios Stocking 2: 1 dwarf gourami 6 corys 5 zebra danios/glofish danios Stocking 3: 6 corys 5 glofish tetras Would these be overstocked? By the way, I'm using...

Would the zebra danios school with glofish danios? If so, then I would do 3 female platys 3 zebra danios 2 glofish danios 2 dwarf gouramis

I have a 20 gallon long that I've just started to cycle. It has three amazon sword plants, a 100watt adjustable heater, and a tetra whispher 40i filter. My water's ph is 7.8. I was thinking (just to start) of having: 3 female platys 5 zebra danios 2 dwarf gouramis What else would you suggest...