If you have decided to set up a tank of African cichlids, the probability that this is not your first aquarium. I decided for the first time, the section to keep African cichlids, after a few red and yellow zebra Labs in a pet shop and wonder why these colorful fish were not in salt water. I had never seen such fish, colorful fish, they were not salt water. African cichlids are also seen very interesting. You are a territorial fish with a bit 'of an attitude. This can bebe treated with the proper maintenance of your aquarium.
First you must decide which of the three lakes as your aquarium set up to imitate. African cichlids of Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi to come. All three lakes have hard water with high pH. I would suggest starting mbunas from Lake Malawi. Mbunas are a class of flat rock, and mouthbrooding omnivorous cichlid. The most common varieties are found in animals use more local and not veryexpensive.
Mbunas need space and hiding places in their aquarium. You should gallon or larger aquarium cichlids to keep this a 55. You can use limestone or sacred (limestone, with many holes) and caves. These are usually on the back of the tank, allowing for the free swimming area in front of the tank is located. A common substrate in the aquarium mbuna is used crushed coral. With crushed coral as the substrate helps to maintain the high pH and waterHardness.
Cichlid tanks require a lot of filtering to keep people healthy. I usually use two large sponge filters in each of the rear corners hang in combination with a large filter on the back of the tank or two smaller submerged in the tank. The hanging filter (or clean thoroughly) Particulates from 'Aquarius, while converting the house sponge filter large amounts of bacteria, the ammonia to nitrite and nitriteNitrates.
African cichlids require a water temperature of about 80 degrees F. This probably needs a 150 watt heater at each end of a tank of 55 liters. The type of submersible pump with a temperature setting preferred. They cost a bit 'more but worth it. It will take much longer than the cheaper, hanging on the back of the tank.
After the aquarium is set up with the right background, the many hidden spaces, heaters, filters, and filled withdechlorinated water, it is necessary to determine the pH and water hardness. You can purchase the test kits of water at your pet store. The crushed limestone and coral, you've increased your pH and hardness of what comes from your tap. You will need a pH of 7.4 to 8.6 and dH water hardness from 10.0 to 20.0.
It 's my experience with a tap relatively soft with a neutral pH, when using the above described configuration of cichlid tank, I need to do, adjust the waterThe hardness and the pH is exactly where I want.
Test your water hardness. If your tap water is hard enough, you may be lucky and make any changes. Perhaps, but it is necessary to increase hardness. You can increase the hardness rises with African cichlids. You can use these at your local pet store or found online.
Add salt cichlids to reach a hardness of about 15.0 dH. At this point, check the pH. Its pH should be about 8 at this point. IfIf necessary, you must also adjust. And 'unlikely, as soon as you increased the hardness of this layer.
Now you can buy your first African cichlids. Initially, only for the purchase of a cichlid tank and have let the tank to sit for about two weeks. This will give the aquarium time to grow the bacteria needed to break down the waste tank called the nitrogen cycle. Can circumvent this by a sponge filter in an aquariumfor several weeks before setting the tank cichlids. So that the sponge filter to all bacteria, the nitrogen cycle in need. Then moves to the new tank, they are actually colonies of bacteria that the tank will be required late.
At that point, you have your tank of African cichlids up and running! If you are feeding your tank for mbuna, spirulina flakes and cichlid pellets. Once it is fully stocked, 30% lead and 50% water changes on a weekly basis.Vacuum the gravel when you do this and you have a healthy and growing community of African cichlids.
One final note: the large sponge can filter water changes and memorabilia of my years hold great disc, needs a pool very clean. I can tell you from experience that we very rarely if ever have health problems with your fish to maintain or even an aquarium in this example.
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