new direction!!!

[donle]

I'm basically just writing this to just say thank you to the people who helped me on my other post.. After a lot of thought and advice and information found on this forum, I've decided until I can afford a RO system the best thing for me and the health of the fish is to keep a african cichlid tank. As musch as I would love to have an oranda tank it would be a constant fight for me to keep the ph stable at even a close range. So with my tap water already starting out with a ph of at least 8.8 and cichlids from Lake Tanganyika needing a crazy high ph I think we'd all be better off. It's not that I'm lazy it's just right now I lack the skills of adjusting water to that crazy degree. So thank you again!!!!

 

[aakaakaak]

It truly is easier that way. It's best for the fish as well. We all have our restrictions on what will and will not work in our tanks. Good luck with your hard water cichlids.

 

[Twiggles]

wise move. Tangs are a real treat too.

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Good choice Donle! Do some research, finish the cycle and go get em! Good luck and keep the forum posted.....pics are always an added bonus!

 

[ryanoh]

I vote shellies. They're a Tanganyika fish I've always wanted to keep.

 

[donle]

oh i failed to mention i used seachem like the lfs guy said i t dropped my ph to 7.4 but i think i'm going to just slowly start letting it go back up...so i can get the cichlids...but it actually did bring the ph way down.

 

[aakaakaak]

Right, down for a short period of time. Change the water, change the PH. You'd end up having to test each batch of water when you change it.

 

[marvin]

tangs are not hard to keep the only fish i would have are cichlid's