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	Salt Mix for Malawi Cichlid tank
mughal113 Big Fish Posts: 343 Kudos: 160 Votes: 64 Registered: 16-Jun-2006	I came across this article and gave it a try. Got all the chemicals from the store I used to buy chemicals for my chemistry lab practicle exercises pretty cheap and works great.........spend some time and effort once and you'll be free from worrying about pH in your malawi tank. Sodium bicarbonate buffers the pH really well between 8.1~8.2. And the other carbonates keep the hardness good. http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquainfo/salts.html hope it helps...
Posted 30-Jun-2006 08:18
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	I only buffer in one of my Tang tanks, using this recipe. In the other tanks the shells and/or crushed coral substrate do the work, which I like better than messing around with chemistry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 30-Jun-2006 15:42
mughal113 Big Fish Posts: 343 Kudos: 160 Votes: 64 Registered: 16-Jun-2006	almost the same thing with simpler common names (instead of chemical formulae) regarding crushed coral, i've read somewhere that as it has sharp edges, its not good to be used as subsctrate for diggers...its better to put it in a chamber in the filter...im not using a canister filter, so it wont be practical for me. Moreover, only one store in my area sells coral sand and its soooo expensive that i wud still go with the chemicals please correct me if im wrong somewhere...thanks
Posted 04-Jul-2006 20:26


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