It's now all filled with such as i can do.  It's at the very beginning cycle
where you get some bubbles on top of clear water.

With a tank of this size, cycling takes a month or more and may never happen
without proper starter stuff or a few fish.  Since I cant get the really good
stuff (has to be refridgerated, not carried here), I will have to fish cycle.

Before anyone screams at me , in a tank of ths size, you can do this
carefully without undue fish stress.  While I hate this stage, it's something
I've done through various moves and such, some 20 times among my various
tanks.  It's easy with a bit of patience.

I will start with 4 small fish, about 1-2 inches each.  Keep in mind with a
70 gallon tank, this isnt much.  I can easily go 6 and might.

I have no perused my book and am ready to cautiously start a community tank. 
I've normally done mostly species tanks so this will be interesting!

I will not be starting with a goldfish as m normal tanks were, because I
don't want to have goldfish limits again. (They mix well with few others
because they pee alot and most other fish can't handle what they do to a
tank's water).

Pending if I can find them, my start will be 4 zebra danios and possibly 1 or
2 small catfish of the types that grow to 4 inches max.  Looking at pygmy
cory, emerald, or bearded cory.

If I can't find the danios I want, the scissortail rasbora or black molly may
do.

Expanding later, once all is cycled (about 3 weeks to a month later), I am
looking at several fish and mostly ones that do not need a heater.  It wsnt
clear is a discus really needed one but it seems an easy fish.  Mollys say
they need a heater but i know from experience they do not.  A Krib would only
need one in winter here.

Discus- Cichlid- middle
Arulius Barb- Barb- middle upper
Blue Panchax- Killifish- upper
Kuhlii Loach- Loaches and Sharks- lower
Danio- all over
Catfish- lower
Mollie- depends but upper and middle


I do want a few live bearers in there so Mollies of some sort will get added.
 They dont overpopulate a tank like guppies will.

Aiming for no fish over 6 inches due to the tank being a 70g Tall (meaning
it's less deep).  Have more need for middle and upper layer fish.

Think it will work?  Availability of the fish will make for some changes.
                 xxcarol
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