lambo Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi, I'm slowly selling all of my fish stock off as I'm going to change to a Lake Tang set up. What I'd like to know is if it is possible to slowly acclimatise L270s to survive in this set up. I'd rather keep them if I could, but would be prepared to sell them if its too risky. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 If you're trying to keep fish from different water conditions you'll be better trying to strike a balance between what is ideal for both, rather than setting it up perfectly for one at the expense of the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambo Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 The water conditions are going to be at a level as close to perfect as I can get for a Tropheus set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Why? Fine if you're just keeping fish from lake Tanganyika, but if you want to add fish from a soft water environment it makes more sense to compromise. Your trophs won't die if they don't have pH9 and sky high hardness. The upper end of the ideal temps for the tropheus is around the lower end of ideal for the hypancistrus too. I don't think you can ever undo years of evolution (or creation, if you prefer) simply by gradual acclimatisation. All fish will tolerate a range of conditions outside of what they would naturally encounter, the question is how far does that range stretch before the fish start to suffer. With wild caught altum angelfish that range would be fairly small, but with captive bred convicts it would be huge. Slow acclimatisation might allow you to get the fish to survive short-term in a far wider range of conditions, but I believe it will not change the long-term effects of such conditions and how they affect things like osmoregulation. It is one thing for a fish to appear alive and "happy", but long-term effects of incorrect housing may take years to manifest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 You also need to take into account different feeding requirments. Whic is something I am currently having to deal with by mixing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambo Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Oh well, thats about what I thought. Guess they're up for sale then. Thanks for the input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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