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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / February 2004Fairy Cichlid Neolamp in Acid Tank?
Has anyone ever kept a Neolamprologus <sp?> in a CO2 injected high light 29C tank? The pH is around 6.6 and gH is between 6-10 (coral chips in the filter). I just have to separate them from a smaller tank. Two of the Neolamp group have chased the other three and seem to pair off. I have to remove the rest but not so willing to set up another tank and I have a fairly empty (3 Ottos) 2-feet lightly planted tank standing by (as mentioned in the earlier paragraph). Any advise will be appreciated > Has anyone ever kept a Neolamprologus <sp?> in a CO2 injected > high light 29C tank? The pH is around 6.6 and gH is between 6-10 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any advise will be appreciated what is the PH of the water they are in now?. Going from a PH of say 8.5 to 9 down to 6.6 would be a disaster IMO however if you have acclimatized them to lower ph already you may gradually be able to introduce them to a lower PH water however I do not think they will prosper. Rick O yea, of course there will be acclimatisation Anyway, the original tank they are in is approx 7.0 - 7.2 > > Has anyone ever kept a Neolamprologus <sp?> in a CO2 injected > > high light 29C tank? The pH is around 6.6 and gH is between 6-10 [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Rick > O yea, of course there will be acclimatisation > Anyway, the original tank they are in is approx 7.0 - 7.2 Well you have been keeping them in waters with a PH that is lower than one would normally keep Tanganyikan cichlids in so the change from 7.0 to 6.6 can probably be done slowly. Sometimes I have to keep reminding myself that wild caught fish come from waters far different that fish that most of us get from the LFS which were likely raised on a fish farm somewhere with what ever water is available. Rick |
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