Things seem to be going well! It sounds like you have a good plan set forth here- I would set out the buckets & treat them the day before a water change (as long as this is feasible) so the temp is pretty much similar to your tank water. If you have the temp turned up in your tank, start dropping it by 1-2 degrees each day over the next couple of days until its at the temp you want. The only problem I potentially may foresee is that sometimes it takes more than one 100% water change to drop your nitrates down to a reasonable level (tap level)- hopefully, this wont be your case! Your tank will be fine for 24 or 48hrs (or longer) with no ammonia dosed, so dont worry about this! Just be prepared to test daily once you add fish to make sure everything is staying stable.
jlk thanks. As long as I have a 24 to 48 hour window I think I'll be fine with the WC and temp. Not sure yet exactly when I'll add stock, probably in the next week or so but will continue to dose ammonia until I'm ready.
I need to think about what I want to stock. So far I know I have to have glofish because my 6 yr old Daughter has already made that point clear LOL So I'll probably get 6 of those. I need to read up on other stock and check threads here or start a thread on that. Need to read up on drip acclimation too.
I'm going to check over at AqAdvisior and see but my rough estimate is I'll be at about 48% stocking level with the glofish in a 25 gallon tank. Thinking about some Dwarf Gourami's and/or Dwarf Cory's, possibly Snails too. Not sure but looking forward to getting the tank stocked.
I'll keep you posted.
Once again,