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RE: Newbie Questions
Hi Heather,
I have been keeping Africans for a while and I cant keep a live plant in with
them as they will gobble them up and that gets a bit expensive. On the other
hand I am looking foward to being able to get the natural feel that live
plants give in a tank. The plstic plants wont have any effect on your water
quality either way so if you like them...keep em. I am working on my first
dwarf tank and think that M. Ramirezi looks great with Apistos.
Have Fun!
Rick
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From: owner-apisto@listbox.com On Behalf Of Haines
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 8:23 PM
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
Subject: Re: Newbie Questions
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From: IDMiamiBob@aol.com <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: October 28, 1997 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie Questions
>.Do I lose the plastic plants because they are tacky or do they have some
affect on my water quality? They are a brand new addition. I do have some
nice floating water sprite, rooted cabomba and amazon sword.
I have purchased something on recommendation of my FFS (*favourite* fish
store) called Water Softener Pillow. Haven't tried it yet but it appears to
be temporary - active for 48 hrs. Can be recharged up to 4 times and costs
$8.00 (Cdn.) on sale. Way over my budget to be used on regular basis. It
was recommended as a temporary measure because my Angels are spawning.
Anybody any experience with this sort of thing?
I was using an ancient Axelrod reference for sci. names - I guess the
microgeophagus ramirezi has gone through some name changes. By the way, I
just got a brand new reference book for my birthday - "Complete Book of
Dwarf Cichlids" by Hans Richter. Wahoo! And they say diamonds are a girl's
best friend!
Heather
> >>
>Hi, Heather:
> Welcome to the mania.
> Your water parameters aren't totally hopeless. However, I recommend
(you
>will find we all have our own theories about this stuff) that you treat it
by
>using an RO or DI unit to reduce your GH, or buy a product by Mardel called
Ta
>nk Soft. You can cut your hardness in half real easy with either of these
>approaches. I would also lose the plastic plants and include floating
>plants. 10% changes each week should be adequate unless you are heavily
>stocked.
> Just for the record, ramirezi aren't Apistos. A. agassizi and A.
>cacatuoides are good choices, and there are also a number of regularly
>available Apistos you should have no problem.
>
>Good luck
>Bob Dixon
>
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