Trying to decide...

[Johnny Tuttle]

What PH is your tap water?

That matters a lot here to me: my own water is hard, and so I've opted against some of the purer elements in my 21 g, which I would have prefered as an Amazonian biotope. If your water is hard or soft, that could really start to answer your question.

 

[Codefox]

Going by the mineral deposits on my dishes...very hard

 

[Codefox]

I am tempted to use realistic plastic plants and do a SA tank with maybe angels, rams and some schooling tetras too

 

[bs6749]

pH doesn't make that much of a difference when keeping SA cichlids unless they are wilds or you are attemping to breed them. Discus can do well in a pH of 8.4 but the "goal" would be to have acidic water around 6.0-6.6. This is done to prevent many bacterial infections which can plague these fish and that's why it's often recommended to keep them in an acidic environment.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

If you're on the fence about the fish set up, and your water is hard, why not do the African route?

 

[Codefox]

If you're on the fence about the fish set up, and your water is hard, why not do the African route?

Its probably what I'll end up with I suspect...I really need to think about it though.

 

[Codefox]

After doing some measuring...I think a 125 would actually fit very well in the space I'm looking at. A 125g cichlid tank would look pretty impressive I think Thanks for the suggestions...I'll update when I get stuff

 

[Codefox]

I probably should try to not look at the planted aquarium I had a couple years ago though in that picture. I really liked how I had that one set up.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

Just think of a 125 with tropheus or other Africans...beautiful!

 

[Codefox]

Yeah, the picture I have in my head of that is pretty beautiful.