Question for the fish folk...
Our company is in the process of setting up a display aquarium in our lobby in order to promote some of the filter products we sell. Because of my past petstore experience, I'm the designated "fish guy."
The tank has been cylcing for a week, and I've been testing the water. Everything has been testing well, except the pH is a little high (7.5) and the hardness is about 40 dGH. This is unfortunate since I was planning on South American cichlids.
I'm kinda at a dilemma here. Since the issue mostly stems from the naturally hard water coming from the tap, I'm going to be fighting an uphill battle to maintain a lower pH and hardness level, if I want to stick with the types of fish that I and my co-workers have already decided on.
Or...I can go with fish that are more conducive to those water parameters, which means: African cichlids. I despite African cichlids, mainly because everyone and their brother has them.
Any thoughts?
Our company is in the process of setting up a display aquarium in our lobby in order to promote some of the filter products we sell. Because of my past petstore experience, I'm the designated "fish guy."
The tank has been cylcing for a week, and I've been testing the water. Everything has been testing well, except the pH is a little high (7.5) and the hardness is about 40 dGH. This is unfortunate since I was planning on South American cichlids.
I'm kinda at a dilemma here. Since the issue mostly stems from the naturally hard water coming from the tap, I'm going to be fighting an uphill battle to maintain a lower pH and hardness level, if I want to stick with the types of fish that I and my co-workers have already decided on.
Or...I can go with fish that are more conducive to those water parameters, which means: African cichlids. I despite African cichlids, mainly because everyone and their brother has them.
Any thoughts?