Re: panduro (and cardinals)

[Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>]

I have a school of Cardinal Tetras in a tank with a pH
in the upper 7s and the original water is around 180
GH. I have found cardinal fry in there being eaten by
ghost shrimp!! This was back when the tank was jam
packed with plants so I imagine the water softened
somewhat but I never measured. I also add RO now, so I
am sure it has changed. THere are also around 60-75
ghost shrimp (those things are a plague) now from the
original 10 I put in.


--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> I don't have the opportunity to test this, since my
> water is naturally soft
> and quickly becomes slightly acidic. Apistos,
> however, are amazingly adaptable
> fish so I wouldn't be surprised if A. panduro could
> be kept in slightly
> alkaline (pH<8), hard water. I've kept Cardinal
> Tetras alive in such water for
> months so why not A. panduro? Just be aware that
> these fish, like the
> cardinals that I kept, will not be as colorful,
> shorter lived, and are more
> susceptible to diseases and parasites than if kept
> in their preferred water
> conditions.
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> Joe Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Curious as to the consensus would be on attempting
> to acclimate panduro to
> > neutral water conditions.  the water in my area is
> particularly hard and
> > basic.  My display tank only gets down to pH 7 and
> Kh 10 with 2bbl per sec
> > CO2 additions.  If I did not want to spawn the
> fish now, just to keep them
> > displayed, could it work??
> > Joe Anderson
> >
> > www.aquaticlounge.aquariumplants.cx
> > Oklahoma City Aquarium Association
> > www.okcaa.aquariumsociety.com
> >
> >
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