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Originally Posted by Lexus @ Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:26 pm
I agree with this except for the fact of messing with the conditions, most fish these days are aclimated to ph and water conditions that are different than there origin since they are farm bred and raised.
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Food for thought. Certain fish species lives in, well, let's say Amazon, for hundreds of years, generation after generation. During the hundreds or even thousands of years, this species has well adjusted to the surroundings, the water chemistry etc. It is the best they know, it is ideal for them.
Then some fish of this species are caught from the wild and then farm bred for some years for aquarium industry.
Do you really think that the anatomy, metabolism etc of this species change and develope in such a short time to demand something other than what nature has created it during hundreds-thousands of years?
No... Therefore, always try to offer the fish the conditions just like in their natural habitat...
A good exalpme of this is many tetra or rasbora species. When you offer them acidic soft water, black water for species coming from black water areas, they simply 'bloom'. It is worth it, giving the fish their natural conditions!
