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For the last two years, I have had african cichlids in my 30 gal tank but I lost them all within a few weeks.
I am pretty sure it was from problems with pollution in the tank (fish got bigger than expected, the addition of an algae eater added a lot of pollution, some places were hard to reach with the siphon and I didn't clean often enough). These problems should all be fixed and I am getting ready to get new fish.
The thing is, the tap water around here is very hard (I don't remember the numbers) and the pH is around 8.0
The african cichlids were doing fine, but I think I would prefer to go with something different... preferably easier.
Can anyone suggest some easy hard water fish?
So far I am thinking maybe platy (especially if I can find some blue ones) or dwarf gourami but I would like other suggestions too.
I want my tank to be under-populated so I will run less risk of running into problems.
I am pretty sure it was from problems with pollution in the tank (fish got bigger than expected, the addition of an algae eater added a lot of pollution, some places were hard to reach with the siphon and I didn't clean often enough). These problems should all be fixed and I am getting ready to get new fish.
The thing is, the tap water around here is very hard (I don't remember the numbers) and the pH is around 8.0
The african cichlids were doing fine, but I think I would prefer to go with something different... preferably easier.
Can anyone suggest some easy hard water fish?
So far I am thinking maybe platy (especially if I can find some blue ones) or dwarf gourami but I would like other suggestions too.
I want my tank to be under-populated so I will run less risk of running into problems.