Re: panduro (and cardinals)

["Joe Anderson" <the_submariner@hotmail.com>]

Scott/Mike
thanks for the comments.  I have the pair in a ten with 50/50 RO to get the 
pH down to 7. haven't tested the alk/hardness lately.  I will eventually get 
them acclimated to straight tap to put them in display tank.  I do inject 
CO2 so that and the plants should help to soften and acidify the water some. 
 I have cardinals doing very nicely in there already as well as a female 
cruzi and some rams (which recently spawned)
Joe Anderson
Oklahoma City Aquarium Association
www.okcaa.aquariumsociety.com
----Original Message Follows----
From: Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: panduro (and cardinals)
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:33:43 -0700 (PDT)

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.
--- 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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