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  1. On 3/25/2024 at 8:36 AM, anewbie said:

    First you are not building a blackwater aquarium with hardwater. I realize you said dark water but blackwater is not a reflection of the colour of the water but the mineral content. 

    Apisto is a genus not a species. Many domestic species of apisto will 'survive' for a short period in hard water; but they won't live 4+ years. There will be no point in buying a female as nearly no species will be able to breed successfully with water that hard.

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    There are many very nice central american cichild that will do a lot better in hardwater; rather than focus on a genus that is not suitable for your water i'd look for one that works well. 

    Thank you for your kind response.  

  2. I have great hard Florida water. I am building out a "dark" water tank lots of drift wood and Indian almond leaves. May try some other botanical as well.  Are Apisto's out of the question with out using RO water?  or killing quite a few fish before I find some that adapt? Should I just be trying to find fish more suited to my water?

    Thank you for taking the time to read and or answer! This community is the best.

    PH - 7.2

    KH -120 PPM

    GH - >301PPM

  3. I have a couple flag fish and zebra danios in a 20 gallon long. I noticed the flag fish lacked color and would not eat (danios have been fine) yesterday and did a large water change (50%).  I saw some improvement in color but today they still will not eat. I did another small 25% water change and did a level 1 salt dose as well as cleaned out the sponge filter in the used aquarium water.  Shortly after the water change I noticed that all my fish are now swimming at the bottom of the tank. I also see a slight haze in the water that was not there before (I assume this is just sediment being kicked up from the sponge filter clean) I do not know what to do now? picture included. Did I just kill my whole tank? I did use Fritz Complete during my water change and below is are my water parameters.

     

    PH - 7.2

    Nitrate - sub 10ppm

    Nitrite - 0

    Ammonia - 0

    KH -120PPM

    GH - >301

    Temp - 73 F

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  4. I am new to the hobby. (~5 months) I have caught multiple tank syndrome already. Went from a 5 gallon with a Betta to 4 tanks in a short span.  2 20g long, 1 20g high, 1 40 breeder.  I am still working on building out and cycling 2 of the new tanks. For now I have my original Betta (I believe is suffering from something had white puffy lips but now has a gold chin), some cherry shrimp, mystery snails, Japan Blue Endler, Julli Coreys and Clown Plecos.   Thinking of starting a shell dweller colony in one of the new 20g longs. But just enjoying the whole hobby right now.  This hobby has really brought me joy in a time of stress and struggle. I am glad to have found it and Aquarium Co-op. I look forward to being a part of and contributing to this community.

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