best color enhancing food for cichlid??
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What kind of cichlid? I use Hikari Gold Cichlid pellets for my Malawi and Tanganyikan tanks. Shrimp is also good for enhancing reds and yellows. My Mbuna do fine eating the hikari, but I wouldnt recommend feeding it to tropheus.
Most fish will display their best colors if kept within their proper water parameters...the right temp...and a good and varied diet.m It helps to have a female around too.
Most fish will display their best colors if kept within their proper water parameters...the right temp...and a good and varied diet.m It helps to have a female around too.
i have a small con and jack
i feed it hikari gold and bio gold and krill at times.
my ph seems to always be low(about 6 mabey lower but my ph kit doesnt measure lower than 6)
ive tried to uses proper ph 7 but that only raised it for a day or two and i have a major algea bloom that im still fighting.
ne other ways to raise ph??
i feed it hikari gold and bio gold and krill at times.
my ph seems to always be low(about 6 mabey lower but my ph kit doesnt measure lower than 6)
ive tried to uses proper ph 7 but that only raised it for a day or two and i have a major algea bloom that im still fighting.
ne other ways to raise ph??
There are multiple ways to raise ph, but that ph up stuff is crap. The algae is from all of the phosphates. Your ph is dangerously low and it sounds like you have some bioacidification going on if I was to hazard a guess. What is your water change regiment? When was the last time you cleaned your filter? How much do you feed and frequently? What is the ph out of your tap after sitting overnight? If your ph stays where it is there will be no food that will enhance the color of your fish.
hmm i do a 50% water change every 2 weeks and vacume gravel and clean my filter.
i feed my fish about twice a day just as much as they can eat in a couple of seconds. i have a jd and convict so they eat like horses.
ill get back to you on my ph but rite when it comes out of the tap it is 6.6 and ill check wat it is if i leave it out for a day.
my fish seem to be fine but yeah the ph is very low
i feed my fish about twice a day just as much as they can eat in a couple of seconds. i have a jd and convict so they eat like horses.
ill get back to you on my ph but rite when it comes out of the tap it is 6.6 and ill check wat it is if i leave it out for a day.
my fish seem to be fine but yeah the ph is very low
I just realised you were the same person with green water in the other thread. 6.6 from the tap will rise as the carbonic acid gasses off over night. For your ph to drop there is something wrong. I do a forty percent water change every week. I think you need more water changes and less food. Trust me the fish won't starve. I am sure they eat like horses, all cichlids do. It tricks you into thinking they are hungry. But remember what goes in must come out!. I will bet you if for the next week you don't turn the light on, add fresh carbon to your filter, feed once a day and do a twenty five percent water change everyday your green water will be gone. Then do a weekly forty percent and still only feed once. Your ph will stabilize and your green water will be gone. Try it, its one week, you aparently have been dealing with this almost a year.
Completely and totally false. Here's a little light reading for you. Go through it. It is great info and will answer all of your questions. Specifically look at carbon, green water and bioacidification. I think your problems will be solved soon!
skeptical aquarist
Go through it. It is great info and will answer all of your questions. Specifically look at carbon, green water and bioacidification. I think your problems will be solved soon!skeptical aquarist
