just got some agassizzi's

[aspen]

i have these fish in quarentine, i got them on sunday. they are a pair, they had laid eggs in the store, and were agressively defending them. my water is ph 7.8, gh8, kh 4, and i plan to put them into a 35 gal community with a pair of rams, a single female borelli, 9 rummy's 9 glowlights, and 5 pencilfish. i will be softening my water with a little peat. do you think this is a good idea? i get my ph down to about 6.8 to 7.0 with the peat and some driftwood. tank is not planted. substrate is sand. filter will be an ac 300 wih the impellor from a 150 to slow the flow, and a corner box filter.

do aggies like the water particularly soft? breeding is not essential, just for 'show'.

rick.

 

[Neil]

aspen,
If breeding is not of great importance, than your water is fine. They may well spawn anyway. Ideally, however, aggies prefer water in the low 6's with little hardness. If they spawned in the LFS, then you are half way there, because it is unlikely that the LFS manipulates their water. And I assume that their tap and your tap are similar. Those eggs might not have hatched, but it probably is not a large change to give you the conditions that suit that pair. If they spawned, they must have been close to what they need. For the eggs to develop properly, the water probably just needs to be a little softer, not necessarily more acidic. Good luck.
Neil

 

[aspen]

>>If they spawned in the LFS, then you are half way there, because it is unlikely that the LFS manipulates their water. And I assume that their tap and your tap are similar.

yep, it is the same. but they did have a piece of wood in the tank, and it was filthy. 3" of rocky gravel, that has likely never been vacuumed.

i will soften the water if/ when i feel like geting serious.

thanks, rick

 

[Discus Man]

For the eggs to develop properly, the water probably just needs to be a little softer, not necessarily more acidic. Good luck.
Neil

Really? what Gh and KH do Aggies prefer? Is there such a thing as to low a GH or KH for Aggies?