This is an e-mail I got from the fish guy - what do you make of it?
"Hello Again Sarah,
I fear you may be too concerned about the water condition, as I said the regular tap water here is fine and can support nearly all fish immediately. The fish actually help greatly in providing nutrients to plants and establishing the stability of the aquarium. The Platies and most of the live bearers, Mollies excepted tolerate a wide variety of water conditions and are idea as first inhabitants of a new aquarium, there are a few tricks to getting some species of fish to co-habit which if you haven't read I can share with you.
The website is fine but but figures for poor quality water with chlorines and fluorides etc. Our water here has very little in the way of chemicals added, in fact your dentist should tell you about fluoride treatments for you an particularly your children because of the absence of it our water.
Your test for
ammonia, unless you have been dumping large amounts of fish food and decaying matter in the tank will likely register negligible to zero and have you wondering if the
test kit is faulty or you have done something wrong with the test!
More important is the
pH level which should register OK from the start, or possibly low and can easily to altered.
I won't waffle on, hopefully you will be over your cold and you and you little one can come along in the near future.
Kind regards,"
Similar Aquarium Fish Forum Threads 
