What is your pH?

[High City Rida]

As you can see it doesn't matter where it's at as long as it's consistant. Steady Ph will cuase your Cichla less stress.

 

[oscar n redtail cat]

6.8

 

[lunk71]

8.1

 

[CichlaRyan]

6.4-6.6

 

[jimmie1974]

6.4

 

[tcarswell]

8.3 unaltered tap water. Got lucky im a cichla lover eh ?!

 

[Aquafreak]

So I'm guessing pH doesn't really impact fish color? My pH is a steady 7.5 with driftwood. My tap water is 7.0, but once it sits in the tank for about 2 days it's right up at 7.5.

 

[MFK RHaCoDaCTYLuS]

comes out the tap at 8 to 8.5 and my tanks at 6.... sucks doing water changes around here.

 

[sungminee]

7.5 to 7.9
it drops if I age them a bit (w/o WC)

 

[cepot]

6.9 up to 7.5