On Jan 23, 3:17*pm, Jürgen Exner wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:49:39 -0800 (PST), wrote:
Yes I was trying to cycle the tank using the neons so that's probably
my rookie mistake. *The seem basically ok and once the notice the food
they do go after it but you may well be right in that they're not
feeling as well as could be. *pH is high 8.0.

Try filtering over peat moss. That will lower the pH, soften the water,
and darken it. All of this will probably make your neons feel more
comfortable.

jue

will give that a shot. thank you.