Fishless Cycle and Stocking

Faramir,

ph is 7.9
Hardness: I don't have a test kit for this but I have been told that water in my area (Calgary) runs betweeen 175- 225 mg/L CaCO3.

Thanks,

Eager
 
Don't touch rams with a barge pole then. They will not flourish in that water, IME.

You might have more luck with gouramis - pearls possibly, or even some livebearers like swordtails or platys.
 
Does anybody know anything about the Boesemani Rainbow? I came across it as a suggestion from my local lfs and thought it might be a cool fish to feature. Due to it's size (max 3in) I would have to adjust my mix but that could be ok.

Eager
 
Update...

Well my tank finished cycling over this past weekend so I did one final check with 5ppm of ammonia and it burned through that in about 6 hours to readings of ammonia and nitrIte at 0ppm. Did a huge water change (90%), set the temp, let the tank sit for about 24 hours, did a final water check with all good results. Time to stock.

Here is how it went:

6 Bleeding Heart Tetras
6 X-Ray Tetras
4 Ottos

All inhabitants are doing well. The ottos went to work on the algea instantly. Amazing. The Bleeding Hearts look really cool with the six of them. I went with X-Rays over Zebra Danios basically because of the color. I did my research on them and they seemed like a pretty good match for my tank. They also grow a little smaller than the Zebra's which may (or may not) give me more options in the future.

Phase II will happen at the end of February. Still trying to decide if I should get Angels or not!

Thanks everyone for you help,

Eager
 
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