Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank

Thanks again, Bill, you have given me something to think about and study!
Connie

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From: bill 1433
Date: 09/23/12 10:13:55
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank

Your Welcome Connie,

Now you are in the right church but the wrong pew! <g> How come?
Because your water is great for what they call African Cichlids. They are
very colorful fish and some of the most interesting that you will come
across in the hobby. In addition, most of them do not get the size of
whales so keeping a thankful can make quitea display. They will most
certainly appreciate your pH.

I think I remember somewhere before that you had mentioned about
Pelvicachromis pulcher, Krebensis? They usually like waters that are with a
Ph: 6.5 to 7.5; and a water Temperature of about 75 – 81 degrees with a lean
toward harder water values. Sounds like your parameters a bit.

Here are some good examples of what those African Cichlids look like and
some set up photo's too.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/african_cichlid_genus_gallery.php

http://www.aquahobby.com/e_african_cichlids.php

This last site has some breath taking photo's of some Africans along with
some general info on each fish. I'm afraid I can't offer you much support
on Africans because I have never gotten into keeping any and with my well
water here the opposite of you, at 5.5 pH
the chances are slim that I ever will. What I can tell you from the small
bit that I know of them is that if you have a tank for them you can not have
anything else. For instance, if you have platys or Neon's, it's not a good
idea to throw any Africans in there, because their water parameters are
almost exact opposites.

Enjoy, and please keep us posted on your progress,

bill in pa

--- On Sun, 9/23/12, Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net> wrote:

> From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank
> To: "Tropical Fish Club" <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 11:25 AM
> Thanks again, Bill, interesting about
> your angels!
> I am glad to hear it might be possible for angels and neons
> to live
> together.
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> It appears my main problem with my water is the PH. Being
> 8.0
> I haven't seen many fish that like that level of PH but I
> haven't looked
> at many. Will have to do a search.
>
> Thanks again for the links!
> Connie
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: bill 1433
> Date: 09/23/12 08:24:09
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank
>
> Hi Connie,
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> These sites will also help in making your decisions but
> please remember,
> as fancy as these web-sites are, and as well as they are
> laid out, they
> are still only one person's opinion of what will go with
> what. You will
> find that many times even on this group, that some folks
> have some
> strange tanks put together.
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> Myself included here. I have six Angel Fish living
> with a handful of Neon
> Tetra's in harmony. It's the first question people
> ask when they see the
> tank. Why don't the big fish eat the little
> fish? Easy they were all
> raised together. At that time those saucer size Angel
> Fish were only the
> size of a quarter. Further to demonstrate their fierce
> nature, last weekend
> I attempted to add some Von Rio Tetra's to the tank, they
> are now gone!
>
> At first I thought it might be because of the water
> conditions not matching
> or floating them too fast but further examination showed
> that they were
> either bitten in half or missing other relevant parts.
> Those Neeon's?
> Still just fine.
>
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> http://tropicalfishandaquariums.com/Compatibility/index.php

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> http://aquariuminfo.org/compatibility.html

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> http://badmanstropicalfish.com/fish_chart.html

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