I am currently in process of cycling my tank and was going to get electric blue rams and breed them but was looking into it and seems really hard just to get the water right I know the ph doesn't really matter aslong as its stable and in low 7's or 6's what I don't get is how I know if my water is soft and how do I keep my nitrate down it comes out the tap at 25ppm and I think that quite high for electric blue rams! Just need some help if its gonna be impossible for me what would you advise as a good fish to breed a colourful one.