Been awhile, some new fish

malawi's 26
frontosa 25

 

jc16 i use the cichlid buffer recipe to raise my Ph to over 8... tap water in mitchells palin is 7.6. yours are fairly low out of the tap. i have crushed coral and limestone in my tank but thats not enough the get my ph over 8. limestone i get from a nearby beach, you could try your beaches.

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RIFT LAKE BUFFER RECIPE ​

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[TD="width: 130, bgcolor: #eeeeee"]Ingredients
Epsom Salt
Marine Salt
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For every 5 US Gallons of water, add 1-tablespoon Epsom salt, 1-teaspoon baking soda, and 1-teaspoon marine salt.
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Thanks for this recipe, the crushed coral and live rock is doing the job quiet nicely in the tempory tanks, im busy setting put seprate tanks for each of my fav fish... once they all in their own tanks if the need comes ill defently use this recipe... my ph is 8.0 and i'll be adding more live rock over the next few day's, only used 3 rocks to get ph to 8.0

 

how big is your tanks?

 

150Lt per tank for my malawis... got the frontosa's as birthday gifts so didn't expect them so my husband will be building me a 1.5m x 450x 900 comes to about 540Lt tank for them that might take abit of time though,,, they in 3ft for now