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Rainforest Fishes
(South American and West African cichlids; bettas and gouramis; tetras, barbs, danios, rasboras; etc.)

• 6.0 to 7.0 PH
• soft to moderate water
• 76° to 82°F
• no salt needed
• aquascape plants; driftwood; inert rocks (quartz, slate, granite, onyx, etc.), gravel, and sand

African Rift Lake Fishes
(cichlids and other fishes from the rift Lakes)

• 7.5 to 8.5
• hard to very hard PH
• 74° to 80°F
• Rift Lake salts (if needed to increase hardness and pH)
• aquascape soluble rocks, gravel, and sand (dolomite, limestone, coral rock, lace rock, tufa rock)

Central American Fishes
(Central American cichlids, livebearers, cave tetras, catfish, etc.)

• 7.0 to 8.0 moderate to hard
• 74° to 82°F
• many species are salt-tolerant
• aquascape plants; driftwood; all rocks, gravel, and sand (soluble and non-soluble)

Brackish Fishes (monos, scats, some puffers, mollies, gobies)

• 7.8 to 8.0 ph
• moderately hard water
• 74° to 82°F
• specific gravity 1.001 to 1.012
• Aquascape salt tolerant plants (anubias, Java Fern,Mangrove) Driftwood; all rocks, gravel, and sand

Marine Fishes (all coral reef fishes)

• 8.3ph
• moderately hard water
• 76° to 84°F
• specific gravity 1.025
• Aquascape live rock; macroalgae; soluble rocks, gravel, and sand

All parameters and values are suggested approximate preferences only; wide variability and adaptability exist among species and individuals within each category.