I do have fish food, but I may consider the ammonia drops, purely for the cleanliness option, I`m not keen on making it dirtier than it needs to be, but then again I am trying to save money, and I will have to syphon the gravel anyway!
I was intending to wait until the ammonia and nitrite are both stable at 0ppm before adding any fish, but I am getting bored at looking at the empty tank! I`ll add a few pinches of flake and see what happens. xxx p.s my proper name is sally, I know, I hate it, I`m sure my parents didnt like me, LOL!!!!