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I got a liquid test kit. My high range pH was 7.8. My nitrites and nitrates were 0. My ammonia was somewhere between 0 and .25ppm. I added some water conditioner to help. Does that all sound okay?

I appreciate your help. I'll definitely check out that test kit and the cycling guide - thanks for the links.

Did you properly set up the tank before introducing Galadriel, or was it a case of adding her to an uncycled environment?

Also, when you describe the water parameters as perfect, I'm curious - what specific values are you looking at, and what kind of test kit are you using to get those readings ...

I brought home Galadriel the Betta a few months ago, and at the time she was mostly white with a few black dots. She's been living in a five-gallon planted tank, and for the most part, her water parameters have been spot on. Lighting is still a work in progress, but I'm getting there. She's got ...