setting up 180 frontosa tank need advice

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cichlidgirl, I am going to use reg. sand just like the first picture shows but I wanted to get some coral in their to make my PH steady just like you suggested. I also don't want to use any ph buffers because their expensive and hard to keep at the same level. I did get these from the LFS special order.:D Thanks T



cichlidgirl;2242009; said:
Have you considered just using regular sand (any color or grit) ? Your little frontosa will be just fine as long as the ph stays the same and does not fluctuate. Its better to have a ph lower than what is recommended than one that bounces up and down etc... I think the ph recommendations are most important for wild caught fish, fish that are tank raised here in states are not so sensitive to a lower ph as a wild caught fish would be... I personally dont use any ph buffering. Im lucky my well water is high ph and hard but even when i lived in a area with city water i did not do all the buffereing since as long as my fish were tank raised and bred in the USA chances are the fish are kept somewhere between 7-8 PH. I would ask what the ph is where you got them and then go with the same in your tank. If they had a ph above 8 then you should do the same but if not it would be much better to keep the ph lower where the fish are used to it. Just my two cents.
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no, I was saying that you have figured out what you are doing with the crushed coral. Was there any thing else that we did not get answered. I know you are working on it tonight and I was trying to get as much answered as possible, but thanks for the remarks.
 
Not a problem, I just wanted to get as much answered as soon as possible so you can get this tank up and running.. then wait until you can get it cycled to put fish in...lol... Keep us updated!
 
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