Finally got Apisto's..................but.....

[richiej1979]

well I am not confident the LFS shop sold me a proper pairing! I know I have a male and female but I was told they are Apistogramma Macmasteri.

The female is yellow and smaller and the male is larger with a nice looking tail, its ok I will get pictures up soon. I got my first fish (6 neon tetra's) on saturday and they haven't stopped fighting (one died) and I was told that putting a bigger fish in would stop them fighting. So I went out and got my Apisto's and made a mistake because they are in my water which is ph8 and a little hard.

I am going to get some RO water tonight and do a 50% water change. Would this be the way to go ???

Thanks !!!

 

[beleg]

I had a school of 10+ neons which "ate" each other infront of 2 pairs of adult angels.. There is only one remaining now and its being used as dither fish for my A. agassizii pair.

My water conditions are similar to ours pH being slightly lower (7.5-7.8) and plan to do water changes with R/O water at pH 5.7 hardness 3.5.. However i plan on changing the water in smaller quantities (%25) every other day or once in 3 days. I am no expert in water chemistry but i dont want to disturb the fish too much by altering pH.

I'd appreciate input too..

Thx

 

[richiej1979]

I had a school of 10+ neons which "ate" each other infront of 2 pairs of adult angels.. There is only one remaining now and its being used as dither fish for my A. agassizii pair.

My water conditions are similar to ours pH being slightly lower (7.5-7.8) and plan to do water changes with R/O water at pH 5.7 hardness 3.5.. However i plan on changing the water in smaller quantities (%25) every other day or once in 3 days. I am no expert in water chemistry but i dont want to disturb the fish too much by altering pH.

I'd appreciate input too..

Thx

Your probably right, maybe I will do the same as I don't want to disturb the fish too much. I am just really worried that they will die and frightened everytime I look at the tank. I hope they will be ok!!!

 

[beleg]

Well my agassizis have been in the pH which was even higher a few days ago (up to 8) for almost 3 weeks. In this period they even tried to breed. I dont think a few days is a problem.

 

[richiej1979]

Well my agassizis have been in the pH which was even higher a few days ago (up to 8) for almost 3 weeks. In this period they even tried to breed. I dont think a few days is a problem.

Well my tank has loads of dead plant bits at the bottom of the tank, I got some small cherry shrimp which are doing a great job of cleaning it! - hopefully if I change the water 2 times a week it will be alot cleaner!

 

[ltrepeter2000]

You will want to keep an eye on the shrimp population with Apisto's in the tank. You may see your population significantly dwindle as they become snacks.

Thanks
Rob

 

[richiej1979]

thanks - the apisto's are going back though, it turns out they are not the same species - check them out.

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=176609

I hopoe my shrimps will be ok

 

[Lisachromis]

thanks - the apisto's are going back though, it turns out they are not the same species - check them out.

http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=176609

I hopoe my shrimps will be ok

Can't see the attached pics as you need to be a member there.

 

[beleg]

Sorry for hijacking the thread but since my problem is similar i would appreciate suggestions as well..

Yesterday i changed %30 of the water with bottled R/O water with pH of 6.68 , dH of 1.3 (From Coca-Cola company). The tanks pH stabilized at 7.4 before the lights went of and became 7.2 in the morning. However when i came back from office the pH was 7.9 back to its original value before the change.

Whats your suggestions to reduce pH and keep it at that levels? Keep changing %30 or make bigger (%50-70) changes..?

 

[con-man-dan]

i would suggest a small box filter or something like that stuffed with peat. you need something to buffer the pH, or it will probably keep swinging

 

[beleg]

Yeah. Started filtering the tank with sera granule peat. Will see if that helps. Will make another %30 water change with pH 6.6 water again tomorrrow.

 

[beleg]

The fish laid eggs again. The pH is still high (7.46 when i left home at 11:30 which is 1:30 hrs of light time for the tank). I was planning a water chage for tomorrow.. Is this still a good idea?