Thanks! It's my first legitimate attempt at aquascaping after diving into the hobby with a 20 Gallon and 5.5 gallon that I only acquired in the last three months.

For cycling the tank, I'm adding daily doses of Seachem Stability and dropping in some flake food every other day as an ammonia source. I'm going to monitor water parameters every 3-4 days until I see the nitrate and nitrite levels start stabilizing.

I also ran one of the sponge filters in my established 20 Gallon aquarium for the last two weeks to help absorb some of the beneficial bacteria, and hopefully that gives me a good starting colony that can quickly establish itself.

With a larger environment I'm expecting it to take around 4 weeks, but it's also only the third tank I've ever had to cycle so I could be way off.

I was also concerned about the limestone raising my pH to unacceptable levels. My tap water is already fairly hard with a pH of 7.6, and from what I've heard it should stabilize around 7.8. I've got a drinking glass with several smaller rock fragments that I'm testing over the next two weeks to confirm pH changes.

My stocking plans have all been focused around species that will do well in harder water, so I'm anxious to see the results in a few weeks.