Do I have it right?

[Piranha_Tim]

So I have been reading about Africans liking waters with a range around 8.4PH

My tap water comes out the tap at 8.4PH and settles to 7.6PH.

So I thought it would be a good idea to start a African Cichlid tank.

Idea being I use coral to buffer the water to remain 8.4PH and then I can treat tap water for changes.

I have kept fish before this would be my first attempt at keeping the PH levels up but I am not too worried about it.

The other small problem is the tank spare I have for this is only 22Gs and I am told that Africans generally are bigger then South Americans (which I currently keep).

 

[mahemaheman85]

dwarf mbuna generally only get around 6 inches but you would not want to put them in a 22

 

[Piranha_Tim]

Are there any African Cichlids that would be happy to live in a 22G (US)? or am I being completely unreasonable here?

 

[mahemaheman85]

maybe a pair of shellies, some of them stay small

 

[Piranha_Tim]

So basically what we are saying is that my options are not that wide or selective?

 

[mahemaheman85]

ya your pretty limited, but some of those shellies are pretty cool looking

 

[Piranha_Tim]

They do look pretty cool (even though the google search brought more girls called shellie then fish HA HA)

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

some smaller julies might be an option as well, but shellies are the way to go

 

[mahemaheman85]

They do look pretty cool (even though the google search brought more girls called shellie then fish HA HA)

lol ya i know what your talking about

 

[Piranha_Tim]

some smaller julies might be an option as well, but shellies are the way to go

Its all about if I can get shellies locally.