no not yet, thankyou so much for offering !
main concern is well water and aging, i cant seem to age my water because it gets full of dog hair and cat hair (training in my home and rescue/rehabilitate shelter dogs so about 15 dogs a day) its just in the air from all the vacuuming and i will have to get a large tall container drill a hole in the lid fill it up with a hose and use a sump pump? (need to know how to set this up so water goes into the tank and how i switch this off if anyone can help there) to get water into the tank, and a heater and agitation.
my well water from the tap is 8 and then 7.6 in the tank the next day, GH was 8 bh was 5, i have 11 dime sized fry, they are now growing past that, some are huge and some are teeeny and yet all are active and eating well and no bullying yet. i have three 3" and i have 2 LFS discus that are not sick but were totally and utterly starved to death and rescuing them feels like the best thing i ever did. if they die they die but at least they are eating and happy.
so ANY help on how to get my guys the absolute best care i can give them, im feeding about 6 times a day, small portions until its pretty much all gone im doing two 30% -50 or even 60% percent WC a day (does that mean the pH is staying more stable the test gives me the same blue reading each time meaning 7.6 BUT its not as precise as a ph meter so im not sure how much it changes since i keep replacing lots of water that should make it more stable right?)
i keep the temp at 86 right now, had some minor fluctuations and heart palpitations from water-changes, why im desperate to get a tank set up to store age, agitate and heat water before it goes in the tank, i had a python but id rather ruin my wood floor with bucket changes than risk the fluctuations from the tap.
i have a fluval c4 HOB with ceramic nodes, a carbon, filter pad and bio screen and a marineland hob i just stuffed full of sponges and filter floss, i got a seperate sponge filter just in case but not set that up yet. got java fern and moss driftwood and rocks but bare bottom, put in an amazon sword in a pot and they love it.
So im getting a 100 gallon tank for them, will be bare bottom to start then planted when everyone ready and healthy, im more concerned about making my water just right and keeping them growing, id like to grow my own white worms and make my own beef-heart seafood mix. ill add some pictures, excuse the quality and i know the LFS little ones are horrible i couldnt stand another week waiting for them to die !