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Alright, went ahead and got 5 danios; my son liked them and they were pretty cheap so if I screw it up and they all die it's not that bad.

I got some stuff called Stability which is supposed to have all the right bacteria in spores (couldn't find the live stuff), and people claim to have cycled their tanks in 24 hours with the stuff. Skeptical but figured I'd try it.

The nitrite and ammonia levels are still at zero a day and half after putting the fish in the tank, so I'd say that's a good sign.

The PH level is high, reads 8 (though hasn't changed since I put them in)! High enough that that made me go to Gold's (thanks troutman, much closer to Chestermere than Picies!) to get some PH adjust stuff but the guy there said not to worry about it, they'll be fine. Only if I was breeding them, which I'm not really interested in.

So one other question about fish behaviour.. I got 5 fish, and it looks like its 4 males and 1 female. Two of the males seem to spend a LOT of time chasing the female around, the other two males go off on their own (so much for schooling, though there's only 5). Should I get another female? I remember reading somewhere that for some if there's not enough females the males are too agitated.

Eventually I'll get probably another 5 danios, then find something else to compliment them (a red fish my son says), and fill it out with some algae eaters, I'd like to keep the load low so I if I miss a tank change by a few days it's not the end of the world.