high ph and cichla

[mriversinco]

Hi,

I'd love to keep some type of cichla, but my ph is pretty high. It's always 8.8 at school. If I bring the water from home, I can get it down to 7.8. Is this too high for these, or is there one strain or another that could handle it?

Thanks

Mike

 

[snookn21]

Our florida strand occel comes from a high ph around 7.8-8.0

 

[ado124]

My pH is pretty high too, i think 8.4ish, but my cichla don't seem to mind. You could always add drift wood to lower the pH or even have a waterchange container where you age water with driftwood in it.

 

[channarox]

as long they get adjusted slowly without sudden changes i think itd be fine.