Guide - Compendium: Auxiliary and Instruction Texts

Various help and guidance texts on various aquaristic topics

LAKE MALAWI

The experience with Malawi Cichlids has already shown, that they react less to a low pH-value than to a slowly softening water value.
Because Malawi Cichlids are typically held in relatively high densities (out of “social animal” reasons: Suppression of aggression), these pools tend to have sinking pH and CH.

LAKE TANGANYIKA

In almost all fresh-water areas of the earth the calcium content is clearly higher than the magnesium content. This limits the pH-value increasing even by higher carbonate hardness, because from a pH-value of 8.5 to 9 calcium carbonate (lime) begins to solidify out and in this process limits the further increase of the pH-value.

Aquarium with Nessaea and H. zosterifolia

AQUATIC PLANTS PURCHASE AND AQUARIUM SET UP

Buying plants is not always easy and sometimes you can get a bad deal. For this reason you need to do a bit of research.
Staff in pet shops who really know about aquatic plants are hard to find. So it is best to try a few suppliers, before you spend large sums of money on aquatic plants. Once you have found a good supplier, you should stick with it. By the same token, the cheapest offer is not automatically the best.

NATURAL SEAWATER - COMPOSITION

The average concentration of the 22 most common elements and ions at a specific density of 1.025 kg/l.