Hi Vicky, Well done on your successes so far. I have a couple of questions The water out of > my tap is about PH 7, with a hardness about 45 DGH. Am I receiving this right, is it really forty five degrees of general hardness? Your water sounds like concrete. > > I picked up some new cichlids over the past couple of days. I found 6 > Paletaenia's at one pet shop. Please, what are Paletaenia? > Yesterday, I found some really beautiful cichlids. I bought 3 Tucurui's. > 1 Male and 2 females. They are much more colorful this morning, and have > pin stripes on their bodies. They are beige, with beautiful markings. Lucky you, these are nice fish. Cheers, Ken.