Emperor Blue Hook Thread 8

[Sundays]

Originally Posted by Camou

The bars will usually show in very dark background or in dark environment.

Any idea how to bring up the red?

[Jon-san]

Wah, so long never come in, so many new EBH owners! Nice hooks, bro Mark, Chewy and Patrick! EBHs eat almost anything. As long as it's in the tank, they will try to eat it. Mine are on Hikari Carnivore pellets, Sinking Wafers, Carnivore sticks, Algae wafers and MP...

[Jon-san]

Originally Posted by Sundays

Any bros here know how to bring up their red color?

I have a group of 7 in a 180g with my aro. They are 6" to 8".
For the whole time I have them since the beginning of the year, I never see much red on their belly or tail. And their bar is never darken up. I am wondering if the is water issue. My ph is around 8 and water is very hard.
They look very healthy. Eating like pigs.

Bro Sundays, any reason why you keep your PH at 8. Seems relatively high, since most aro/EBH owners I know tend to keep ph around 7 plus/minus 0.5 or so.

[joemalu]

How can u get ph 8? I use oyster shell as buffer also get around 7.1 only. When i didnt use it drop b4 to 6.2. Did u use baking soda? Anyway my ebh start to develop red coloration on some of them.

[Sundays]

Originally Posted by joemalu

How can u get ph 8? I use oyster shell as buffer also get around 7.1 only. When i didnt use it drop b4 to 6.2. Did u use baking soda? Anyway my ebh start to develop red coloration on some of them.

Originally Posted by Jon-san

Bro Sundays, any reason why you keep your PH at 8. Seems relatively high, since most aro/EBH owners I know tend to keep ph around 7 plus/minus 0.5 or so.

Thanks bros!
I am from Canada. Our water from tap has 8+ ph and approx 300ppm hardness.
I keep all my soft water fish in this type of water including altum angles.
I tried mixing RO to tap to reduce the hardness hoping of the ph drop. My RO is rated 160g per day but it only generate appox 40-50g in the summer and a lot less in winter due to the water pressure and temperature. It just couldn't make enough RO for me to do my regular water change. I eventually gave up. All my soft water fish never show any stress from the high ph and hardness.
May the lack of red is due the high PH and hardness?

[Sundays]

Originally Posted by Camou

The bars will usually show in very dark background or in dark environment.

I was in Taiwan last month and saw a display tank full of them. The tank can be view on both side so there is no background and the light is extremly bright. The bar is black and red park is red....
I just don't know how to attach the picture but too bad I am not allowed to.....

[cher boon]

Originally Posted by Jon-san

Wah, so long never come in, so many new EBH owners! Nice hooks, bro Mark, Chewy and Patrick! EBHs eat almost anything. As long as it's in the tank, they will try to eat it. Mine are on Hikari Carnivore pellets, Sinking Wafers, Carnivore sticks, Algae wafers and MP...

Wah! where have you been??

Originally Posted by Sundays

Thanks bros!
I am from Canada. Our water from tap has 8+ ph and approx 300ppm hardness.
I keep all my soft water fish in this type of water including altum angles.
I tried mixing RO to tap to reduce the hardness hoping of the ph drop. My RO is rated 160g per day but it only generate appox 40-50g in the summer and a lot less in winter due to the water pressure and temperature. It just couldn't make enough RO for me to do my regular water change. I eventually gave up. All my soft water fish never show any stress from the high ph and hardness.
May the lack of red is due the high PH and hardness?

I think u bring down ur ph to 6 should be can see the redness very soon

[Jon-san]

Originally Posted by cher boon

Wah! where have you been??



I think u bring down ur ph to 6 should be can see the redness very soon

Hehe... Beenbusy with other stuff lah. Work as well. Lol. Many new faces in just a short while.

Hi all
Thinking of getting 1 big EBH. Can comm well alone?
Thanks all.

[sbtanpatrick]

Originally Posted by Aroooo

Hi all
Thinking of getting 1 big EBH. Can comm well alone?
Thanks all.

Should be okay for adult EBH bro....