Cold Water To Tropical

[trippytrance]

Tetras, rasboras, SA dwarf cichlids, rainbows, livebearers, loaches, Corys, some plecos all make good community fish, although not at the same time and most need to be kept in specific numbers and/or sexes.

What is your tap water pH after the water has sat for 24 hours in a glass? Do you plan to use bogwood or rocks? Do you like to see the tannin tinge to the water?

I'v got some tap water sitting in a glass and will test ph 2moro.

I do have a piece of bogwood and I'm getting a few more piece's. I do have a big rock in my tank alreday, not sure what type it is as it came with my old 3ft. I would like to add more rocks at some point. I think I will boil/soak the bogwood as I wont like the tannin in the water.

Right I have done a test on a cup of water that has been sitting for 24hrs and is showing 7.6ph.
I also did a ph test on the tank and that is 7.2.

 

[KittyKat]

Right I have done a test on a cup of water that has been sitting for 24hrs and is showing 7.6ph.
I also did a ph test on the tank and that is 7.2.

That's fine for most community fish. Personally I would probably go for Asian fish as that is the sweet spot for many, so I expect there would be *some* breeding. Out of the ones I mentioned earlier, rasboras, rainbows, loaches are good, also barbs. Livebearers are also good in that range (don't *really* want to go below 7.0 for them), but the South American fish should also be fine. Of course, the hardness matters as much as the pH, but as most people don't have hardness test kits, pH combined with the difference in tap and tank readings is good enough to estimate…

Mainly, if you would have said "8.0 or more", I would have said "investigate dwarf shell dwellers"; or if you would have said "6.0 or less", I would have said "stick to softwater fish".

 

[trippytrance]

Right I have done a test on a cup of water that has been sitting for 24hrs and is showing 7.6ph.
I also did a ph test on the tank and that is 7.2.

That's fine for most community fish. Personally I would probably go for Asian fish as that is the sweet spot for many, so I expect there would be *some* breeding. Out of the ones I mentioned earlier, rasboras, rainbows, loaches are good, also barbs. Livebearers are also good in that range (don't *really* want to go below 7.0 for them), but the South American fish should also be fine. Of course, the hardness matters as much as the pH, but as most people don't have hardness test kits, pH combined with the difference in tap and tank readings is good enough to estimate…

Mainly, if you would have said "8.0 or more", I would have said "investigate dwarf shell dwellers"; or if you would have said "6.0 or less", I would have said "stick to softwater fish".

Hey KittyKat, thanks for all the help and advise.. I shall start looking for fish in my ph level. I may also look at the South American fish and see if I can put another list together