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23-05-2006 21:18 by dave cook	A MALAWI CICHLID tank its just cycling now just put some lovly gravel in any pointers or pics to help me start to set this tank up whats the water paremeters needed for these lovly fishes its a blank canvas so come on add your idea to my tank
23-05-2006 21:19 by richard hulley	you say gravel, what gravel you should be using sand
23-05-2006 21:22 by Lexter	Rave - what's the pH of your tap water roughly
23-05-2006 21:23 by dave cook	its what my lfs recomended its very fine and light not like normal heavy gravel is this wrong allready
23-05-2006 21:24 by dave cook	hello lex my tap water ph is really low my discus tank stays at 6.5 with out me doing any thing to it i need this higher for cichlids dont i
23-05-2006 21:25 by anna	hey dave upload a pic of it! u might find it beneficial to add some coral sand in2 it as well as this will also help to buffer ur pH and hardness levels
23-05-2006 21:27 by anna	ooh dave raise the pH dave wants to be over 7.6 for the malawis
23-05-2006 21:27 by dave cook	i was advised to not get coral sand as that was for marine what a rubbish advice he aint had a clue i was gonna get that as well
23-05-2006 21:29 by anna	grrr dave some shops really annoy me our display tank at work is made up of levels of different grade of coral sands and they are fine lol been quite happy for 2 years
23-05-2006 21:29 by Lexter	well they say Malawi should be quite high, I wish my tapwater came out at 6.5 as from what i hear its easier to raise pH than reduce it (unless you use RO) and then it only goes to 7.0 http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles/ check the above link, i find it quite a useful site. without reading it first, my understanding is that Malawi cichlids prefer pH in the region of 7.5-8.5 but do some research
23-05-2006 21:29 by dave cook	yup im gonna so whats the best ph and how do i get it there
23-05-2006 21:31 by anna	try using coral sand and rift lake salt i use seachem myself
23-05-2006 21:33 by Lexter	Dave with pH of 6.5 coming out of the tap i'd definitly go for South American Cichlids and perhaps consider some Central American types as well. Bit i suppose you already have Discus and these are SA cichlids.
23-05-2006 21:35 by dave cook	where ya get that from anna seachem is that all i will need to add
23-05-2006 21:36 by dave cook	like i said im up for any ideas the tank is a blank canvas
23-05-2006 21:37 by anna	iv seen some on ebay but make sure its in a sealed container i would also add the sand and tuffa rock to help raise the pH
23-05-2006 21:40 by dave cook	anna which seachem do i need theres loads of different ones on ebay could you post me a link please
23-05-2006 21:41 by dave cook	is this the right stuff : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7768177554
23-05-2006 21:43 by anna	yeah that 1 would be fine
23-05-2006 21:44 by dave cook	cheers anna so i need tuffa rock and that stuff is that it
23-05-2006 21:49 by anna	yeah that will help keep us posted
23-05-2006 21:50 by dave cook	so this tank has got about 20% water from my discus tank how long should i wait till i add some CICHLIDs its been running for 2 days now i also added 10ml of establish
23-05-2006 21:55 by paul stevens	dave ive got coral sand and coral rock in mine and they love it they do the norm thing and dig it up and thro it all over the place.
23-05-2006 22:02 by dave cook	cheers paul will do any one got any pics 4 me then
27-05-2006 08:18 by lisa uk	hi, dave i have malawi & tangy tanks, & to raise the ph, which comes out of my tap at 7.2, i always add a couple of spoons of bicarbonate of soda to the tank at every water change. this instantly boosts the ph, which mine is then 8.00! so much cheaper than buying that ph up stuff! & doesnt harm the fish. its about 56p a tub at tescos!
27-05-2006 09:18 by dave cook	so how many spoons would you ad to a 10l bucket per water change and how much to set the tank up
28-05-2006 10:52 by elwellj	bout 3 should do

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