pyro9097
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi All,
I have a 25 gallon lightly planted tank with 10 cardinal tetras that is totally cycled (Ammo 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10-20). I am now only running an AC30 on the tank, I had another one, a TopFin internal filter but that killed 3 of the cardinals and trapped another two that we rescued. So I quickly removed it.
My concern with the tetras is my pH it is sitting right around 7.2 - 7.4 which I know is a bit alkaline for these guys My tank was usually in the 6's while cycling so I thought it wouldn't be a problem but after I got them, I realized it may be too high and now I have them, so moving forward. I grabbed a piece of driftwood this weekend, soaked, and put it in the tank with hopes of it lowering the pH. I put it in yesterday and not lowering as of yet...
My water is extremely soft, one drop of both the GH and KH API test cause the color change. I believe this is good for cardinals, but not sure if the fish below will be okay with that.
I have asked this question, or a very similar one before and just wanted to get more opinions and advice now that the tank is actually going....
So I have the 10 cardinals and would like to add:
- 6 corys (panda, julii, or peppered because of size)
- 2 Bolivian Rams
Any other ideas or suggestions? I am very open to pretty much anything at all.
Additionally, we got the cardinals one week ago today, how much longer should we wait before adding the next set (if no one here makes any other suggestion the corys)?
I have a 25 gallon lightly planted tank with 10 cardinal tetras that is totally cycled (Ammo 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10-20). I am now only running an AC30 on the tank, I had another one, a TopFin internal filter but that killed 3 of the cardinals and trapped another two that we rescued. So I quickly removed it.
My concern with the tetras is my pH it is sitting right around 7.2 - 7.4 which I know is a bit alkaline for these guys My tank was usually in the 6's while cycling so I thought it wouldn't be a problem but after I got them, I realized it may be too high and now I have them, so moving forward. I grabbed a piece of driftwood this weekend, soaked, and put it in the tank with hopes of it lowering the pH. I put it in yesterday and not lowering as of yet...
My water is extremely soft, one drop of both the GH and KH API test cause the color change. I believe this is good for cardinals, but not sure if the fish below will be okay with that.
I have asked this question, or a very similar one before and just wanted to get more opinions and advice now that the tank is actually going....
So I have the 10 cardinals and would like to add:
- 6 corys (panda, julii, or peppered because of size)
- 2 Bolivian Rams
Any other ideas or suggestions? I am very open to pretty much anything at all.
Additionally, we got the cardinals one week ago today, how much longer should we wait before adding the next set (if no one here makes any other suggestion the corys)?