On 2005-01-17, Elaine T wrote:
A ram cichlid (M. ramirezi) with some cardinals and a baby SAE in a 5
gal. tank. Community yes. Hardy? Dunno. Cardinals and SAEs are hardy
for me, but I've never kept a ram before. I'm softening my very hard
local water by mixing some rainwater or distilled water in with it, so I
need some sort of gH and kH measure to be sure they're staying
consistent enough for a ram. It's funny - I've kept all kinds of
difficult fish, but rams have such an awful reputation that I'm a
totally worried mother hen over this little guy.


Good god, 5 gallons? You realize an SAE can get pretty big, right?
Mine are heading for 4" fast. My school of six cardinals are all at
least 1" right now. You may wan to look at a 20G for the fish you have.
BTW, I use Seachem's discus buffer every other water change for my tank
with containing the SAE and cardinals.


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