bs6749
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I would like to purchase some German Blue Rams and have heard that they prefer a pH of anywhere from 5.5-7.0. Most of the other fish that I would like to buy including a pleco or two, probably some tetras, ghost shrimp, a blue crayfish, some freshwater clams, etc., etc. will work in this pH range since the fish are from the same general geographic area. My problem/question is that I would like to have some African cichlids in this setup as well (a 55 gallon tank) but the pH ranges are not optimal for both. I was wondering if there was anything that I could do (maybe a neutral pH) that would make this "work". I was curious as to whether the fish (the yellow labs) could live in a neutral pH and what extremes they could tolerate. Is pH mainly a factor for breeding? If so I would like to have the pH level that favors the GBR's but I don't want to sacrifice the cool colors of the African cichlids such as the yellows. Any advice?