Blackwater for apisto

[stormydax]

Hi guys,
is it really necessary for apisto to stay in blackwater condtion?
was surfing the net and found that quite a number of apisto are kept in water that are brown

Do i dose more of the blackwater solution into my tank to make it look brown so that it will be more conducive?

please advise

thank you

yours sincerely,
Storm

[valice]

The water don't need to be black, but the conditions of soft and acidic is needed. Some farmbred species are more tolerant to neutral water conditions. But wild ones will need the soft and slightly acidic conditions.

[Milk]

Hi stormydax;

It is not necessary that your apisto tank to be in a blackwater state...
Most Apisto can live comfortabily in a Tank of Ph 6 or 7.You will like to have a clear view of the Apisto that you are keeping rite???

But in the other case when you wanted to breed them in the later state,it will be more ideal to have the ph to be below 6 and having very soft water...
Maybe you will like to refer to Romer's cichlid Atlas for more referance...


Just my 2 cents worth
Regards
Milk

[genes]

Just use ADAsoil and enjoy their existance in crystal clear waters!

[Milk]

True!!True!!!!

Regards
Milk

[Wackytpt]

BUt do use the correct ADA soil. Different ADA soil got different properties

[mervin]

use ADA AquaSoil.

Belive there are 3 types but all are suitable as they bring down the PH to as low as 4 depending one the proportion of water and soil

[Cacatuoides]

There's Africana, Amazonia and Malayan

The most commonly used are the first 2...different people have reported different results using the 2 types...

Personally, Africana has given me the lowest ph compared to Amazonia

[joopsg]

heard from blueblue posted in another forum, now amazonia uses different material to manufacture hence he now using africana only

[Cacatuoides]

yea I saw that post too...I'm not sure if its true

[stormydax]

hi,
by adding the blackwater chemical, will it only soften the water or will the ph go down with it also?

if i put too much,will the water be too soft such that it is not good for the apisto or is it a case of the softer the water, the better

thank you

yours sincerely,
Storm

[Cacatuoides]

It depends on which species of apisto you're keeping, some wild caught species require lower ph while some others are fine with neutral water....

Also depends on the source of your fish too....