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I got a trio of D. Filamentosus recently.
One of the females laid eggs after only one week, but they fungused and dissapeared within a couple of days.
The pH of the tank then was 6.
I have lowered the pH over the past eight days and it is now 5.3, and aim to keep the pH just above 5.
The female has laid eggs again and i am hoping they will not fungus this time and that it is nothing i am doing that is causing this.
What is the best pH for keeping and breeding D. Filamentosus ?
I read that they need a very low pH of 4.5 to 5, which is blackwater to me.
But after checking Cichlid Atlas 1 by Dr Uwe Romer on D. Filamentosus, it says that they are rarely found in blackwater, that they are found in clear water, which is a ph of 6.5 and above.
I thought at first, the higher pH was the reason to blame for the eggs fungusing, but after reading Romers profile of D. Filamentosus, i'm not so sure.
One of the females laid eggs after only one week, but they fungused and dissapeared within a couple of days.
The pH of the tank then was 6.
I have lowered the pH over the past eight days and it is now 5.3, and aim to keep the pH just above 5.
The female has laid eggs again and i am hoping they will not fungus this time and that it is nothing i am doing that is causing this.
What is the best pH for keeping and breeding D. Filamentosus ?
I read that they need a very low pH of 4.5 to 5, which is blackwater to me.
But after checking Cichlid Atlas 1 by Dr Uwe Romer on D. Filamentosus, it says that they are rarely found in blackwater, that they are found in clear water, which is a ph of 6.5 and above.
I thought at first, the higher pH was the reason to blame for the eggs fungusing, but after reading Romers profile of D. Filamentosus, i'm not so sure.