Wild Cichla in Hard Water?

[gobucks1]

if thats the case...i'd let the experts chime in on this.
but i still say as long as the fish are acclimatised well,itll work.

Should be fine, Just drip them SLOW.

I drip all my fish, including my feeders. But i was wondering, with the cichla should i throw a spare heater in the bucket? I usually drip for around an hour and a half, and it's only around 70* in my house. I know young cichla are very susceptible to ick, so would a heater in the bucket set to around 85* reduce stress while dripping? Also an airstone?

 

[Tongue33]

The only cichla that interest me are Orinos and Kelberi, and i know i can't afford Kelberi right now, so i want to get me some Orinos to grow out in a 225 for some time.

As i'm sure all of you know, Rapps has some Wild Orinos and at a great price and shipping is next to nothing here, so i want to get some.

But i'd like to know if they would thrive at that size 1.5-2" in our hard water. It is 8.0 pH and is between "hard" and "very hard" on my test kit scale. Would these babies do well?

If not, are Orinos being captive bred anywhere that i could get some?


Thanks,

Will

They do just fine over here... We have HARD water. We range from 7.8 and up. And there were some orinos.. There ARE Kelberis... Here they they are fairing well.

 

[cichlaguapote]

That's good to know. They all had good colors and everything? Were any of them wild, or young when you got them?

I know R1Ridah has hard high pH water, and his cichla are some of the best i've seen.

Yep. From baby tems, to wild orino's.. all fine. I wouldn't get into using R/O unless you absolutely have to for some other reason. Then you'll need filter replacements after X amount of gallons, etc. Keep it simple.

 

[cichlaguapote]

Also no need for the heater while acclimating.. They are fragile but not that fragile.. And with setting a heater for a bucket size pail of water will not only take time, but lend you a good chance of cooking them. You're better off just making sure the tank they're going in is set 82-84'ish, and maybe add a little salt when you drop 'em in the tank.. Also since I'm guessing these are your first bass just remember when the tank temp is set that high you need a good amount of airation happening in the tank.

 

[gobucks1]

Well i grabbed a small pbass today for $3. It was too good too pass up. It's either mono or occell, it's got the occell spangling already, but it's also got a mono "mohawk".

He dripped for an hour and a half with no heater and now he's doing pretty well. He's my "tester" pbass, i know he's not a wild, but i figure if i can't keep him alive, i shouldn't waster my money/fish's lives on wild orinos.

I'll wait a few days and if he's doing well, i'll get the orinos. Hell, i'll probably get them any way.

Thanks for your help guys, it's good to know that i can keep them.




Also, Tongue33 you breed/bred pbass, right? Did you do it in that water, or did you use RO to breed them?

 

[channarox]

i believe he didnt.