frangipani97

our tapwaters ph is very high... we didn't actually lose any fish... were just worried we were going to we were told at Wetpets that the fish would adjust to the ph levels not being optimum... I'm sure the tanks pH will lower... our community tank was near the other end of the spectrum... so we put some more of that in there... so if it was pH the water changes weren't going to help much... argghhhh so much to leam... :-)

thanks for the replies guys... spoke to some guys in the chat room last night so lots of help there... have done two water changes.. pH was quite high... temp was possibly a big high also... water changes have dropped ph a bit... there are no nitrates - got a kit today... temp is now a bit lower... fish are looking healthier... yay! parrots now eating... jewel still not eating but actually swimming about a bit.. electric fellows still unaffected.. early days... but immediate crisis SEEMS over... phew... thanks again!!!

only have a ph kit... that any good?

yay someone to help... two weeks... set up initially using some tank water from our community tank... for the bacteria...

Hi, we're new to the world of cichlids... and have two parrot cichlids... which we've had not quite one week. Where they have been quite active up until today... now one is sitting on the bottom of the tank and one is sitting near the surface. The one on the bottom is even being investigated by the other little cichlids... Any ideas whats wrong? what do we do??