I stuck a thread over on the Apistogramma forum here wondering how my water would do for these fish. http://forum.apistogramma.com/showthread.php?t=4496
I've done a lot more reading since. So far, I am setting up a 20 gallon and having the sand and some plants. It looks like more the merrier for plants and these fish? All I've got so far are a couple of anubias and some java ferns. I'd like to stick with something low light, low maintenance. This tank has power compact lights on it, 55 watt. I was just going to stick with a skim coat of sand and attach the plants to a piece of driftwood.
I'll start with a sponge filter (which is totally seasoned and cycled for a couple of months now in another tank). I was thinking of adding a hang on back and was reading about peat. Can I add the peat moss to the hang on back?
Do you age your water for these guys? My PH drops from 7.6 to 7.4-7.2 after 24 hours. Yah, you'd think it would go up but no, mine goes down. With my alkalinity at 70 and Hardness at 80 should I be playing around with peat or just leave things alone?
Any help/insight/info would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone.
I've done a lot more reading since. So far, I am setting up a 20 gallon and having the sand and some plants. It looks like more the merrier for plants and these fish? All I've got so far are a couple of anubias and some java ferns. I'd like to stick with something low light, low maintenance. This tank has power compact lights on it, 55 watt. I was just going to stick with a skim coat of sand and attach the plants to a piece of driftwood.
I'll start with a sponge filter (which is totally seasoned and cycled for a couple of months now in another tank). I was thinking of adding a hang on back and was reading about peat. Can I add the peat moss to the hang on back?
Do you age your water for these guys? My PH drops from 7.6 to 7.4-7.2 after 24 hours. Yah, you'd think it would go up but no, mine goes down. With my alkalinity at 70 and Hardness at 80 should I be playing around with peat or just leave things alone?
Any help/insight/info would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone.
