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Posted by Richard on June 28, 2006, 10:03 pm
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My well water is quite a bit harder than yours, however if you get some
crushed coral for you "gravel" and drop the odd limestone rock ( texas
"holey" rock) you will likely see the ph get up to the 8-8.3 range where
mine tends to hang with the same set up. All of my Malawi Cichlids seem to
be thriving, and I can't find enough outlets for the Yellow Labs and
Marmalde's that are being hatched
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Richard
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> Mister Jerk wrote:
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>> > Have you purchased the tank already?
>> > If not consider going with at least a 55 gallon for that group.
>> > In a 55 I'd do one male and three females of each of the species you
>> > selected.
>> > It looks like you've done and are doing a bit of research, which is
>> > good,
>> > but I'm curious what your pH and hardness are.
>> > Tim
>> > http://www.fishaholics.org
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>> thanks for the reply. Unfortunately this is a tank I have had for
>> awhile. I'd like a larger one, but just can't afford it at the moment.
>> I've got an emperor 280 and 2 decent ebo jagers which should do nicely
>> for some cichlids.
>> I haven't tested the water since we moved, but everyone tells me it's
>> quite hard (well water), whatever I am missing I should be able to get
>> from the substrate and additives.
>> mmm, you got me thinking, I'll try to test the water this weekend and
>> see what i've got to work with.
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> Update: It appears that my well water is actually pretty soft.
> Can anyone comment if it would still be worth it to go for cichlids or
> will the maintenance make it prohibitative.
>
> pH: 6.2
> GH: 60
> KH: 30
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> Mister Jerk wrote:
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