jsoong
Aquarium Advice Addict
pH of 8 is not too bad. I am not that expert with Africans, but I would think that they should be able to adapt to that level of pH. If you waited this long with the cc, chances are the pH & KH won't move much. <If it does it will be slow.> If you are going to keep that as your target parameters, then you may as well start stocking. <Just really do slow acclimatization as you will be switching the fish from the lfs's paras to yours.>
If you think you need to mess with the water para some more to get it prefect, then it is wiser to do that with no fish in the tank.
If you think you need to mess with the water para some more to get it prefect, then it is wiser to do that with no fish in the tank.