Billbug68
Aquarium Advice Addict
That ph should be fine. What I've been trying to get at is, what are your exact readings?
Maybe I am old school but that's what worked for me. I am not saying don't do any water changes during your cycle; but don't do large changes too often when your first starting out because you won't even get that bio load you need on your ornaments filters etc. How could you when your dumping it all out? Once your up and running sure change 75% every day if you want but until then I have found if you let the tank cycle with patients and test your parameters with small water changes maybe every 10 days it will cycle nice. Good luck it just takes time especially if the tank is a brand new unused tank.