(I'm not very concerned with my fish's health while the tank is cycling because I'm changing the water often, which I understand will slow the process, but keep the fish healthier. Correct me if that's wrong.) Not really, because you haven't yet established the cycle, you need to keep a minimal amount of ammonia in the water to initiate the first stage of the cycle. Since you are cycling with fish you should keep the ammonia level less then 1 ppm. Neon Tetras are not a good choice for establishing cycle a tank because they are very fragile, especially with ammonia. The person in the fish store should have disuaded you on using them if he had any experience or really cared. In the next 2 weeks ammonia will build. Very slowly at first, maybe not even detectable for a week or so, hten by week 2 all hell breaks loose. Your ammonia will spike and most likely stay that way for a week or more. Things you can do to reduce ammonia, besides constant water changes 1) feed minimally, less food = less fish poop and less uneaten food = less ammonia. 1 small feeding every other day. This is fine your fish won't starve. Do the 2 minute rule with feeding. If the fish don't eat what you put in within 2 minutes you are feeding too much. 2)If you are using a dechlorinator like "Prime" double dose it to help detoxify ammonia. 3) Don't add any more fish until you have completed cycling. After the ammonia disappears you will see nitrites appearing and spike also. The good news is they can be blocked by adding salt. Also, keep an eye on pH. pH tends to crash durring a cycle becoming very acidic. Try to keep it above 6.8ppm. If it gets too acidic the bacteria that is trying to grow will be killed.

Ouch! Integrity is not yelling at GardenWebbers without getting all the facts. I wrote to Harris Seeds and they would be happy to have your order in either catalog. Check out Stokes Seeds too for bulk orders and a big choice, or Fedco Seeds in Maine for another company with integrity. Here is their reply: "Thank you for emailing us. Any customer may order from the commercial catalog and website; there are no minimum order requirements. The reason why we require a business name on the catalog request page of the website is that catalogs are expensive to produce and mail, and therefore we try to steer home gardeners to our home garden catalog since they only require smaller package sizes (packets). The commercial catalogs are geared more towards professional growers who need larger amounts of seed to grow, produce and sell. However because some home gardeners evolve into a commercial grower business, we do not want to discourage them by prohibiting them from using our professional catalogs. We are not trying to limit what home gardeners can order, but only trying to gear the catalogs to the customers' needs. So please feel free to order any products you are interested in (whether it be from the home garden or professional growers' catalog or website)! I hope this answers your question, and please don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of further assistance. Sincerely, Cristina Mech Internet Marketing" of Harris Seeds Here is a link that might be useful: Harris Seeds Link

They are Caribbean red seeds. I read about all the different seed coatings that were green and couldn't figure out what the stuff was. One coating was to keep the seeds from sprouting until a certain moisture and heat was attained. Another was a fungacide,another was a fertilizer,another was a preservative to keep the seeds viable during storage and it seems there were a few other green coatings too. There were purple,pink,blue red and half a dozen other colored coatings for seeds. I gave up trying to figure it out.Every company had their own color of seed coating. None were poison to the plant that the seed grew but I don't know if you licked the seed if it was harmful. They are actually magic seeds from Emerald City. The pods they grow,when eaten take you back to Kansas. Theres no place like home....

Jody, this is indeed spectacular!!! What a show!! Nancy, I have gathered most of my addresses for those who would like some seeds and I can't remember if you were interested or not. If so would you just email through Houzz your address? I'm waiting on 4 pods from #0016 and for Ray/Maida to send up some Charisma x papilio seeds which I will include Donna☺☺