whats the best type of rock to make caves with for these malawis. is limestone ok to use, or does it depossit too much calcium into the water?
best rock for malawi tank
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The only problem with lava rock is you have to make sure all sharp edges are dulled. Even doing that or using say lace rock your peacocks/haps will still manage to scrap themselves up fairly well... Personally if I were to buy rocks again I would go with tall pillars of say some type of granite for the haps/peacocks, and keep the lace rock with the mbunas. (In real life the rocks are so big for the peacocks/haps that in our tank we can only model it as say a single shelf or rock. So just go with what you like best, and realize the fact that the more rocks the better for mbuna, and well peacocks/haps sometimes have the tendency to kill themselves if you put too many rocks in...
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do yall know what those rocks are? and also if i were to use that many rocks, would you have to remove them when vacumming your sand? or once they're set, can you leave them alone?
do yall know what those rocks are? and also if i were to use that many rocks, would you have to remove them when vacumming your sand? or once they're set, can you leave them alone?
Why no love for Lime stone. Of course it deposits calcium in the tank. So does crushed coral. It helps keep the PH high as most Rift Lake Cichs like...
Limestone will only raise the ph of you water to 7.5 and it will remain at 7.5. Limestone is a buffer. This rock is better for ca cichlids It is basically what is on the bottom of the rivers and lakes there. For africans i use slate, or river stones. Try to get sandstone or even granite. These types of rock are not buffers. Limestone dissolves in water. The lakes in africa are mostly volcanic in nature. Lava rock would be ok if you find the more condenced stuff with rounded edges.