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New African Tank: Water Hardness question

Mister Jerk

08-27-2006

Re: New African Tank: Water Hardness question

steve

08-28-2006

Posted by Mister Jerk on August 27, 2006, 7:37 pm

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I currently have a 55Gal / Emperor 280 / Ebo Jager 150w Tank that I am
setting up for African Cichlids. I have added about 1.5inches of
crushed coral substrate 24 hours ago.

Naturally my water (well water) is very soft. After adding water to
the tank with substrate and company I am getting the following chemical
readings.

pH 8.4
gH 60ppm / 3.36
KH 40ppm / 2.24

I am pretty happy with the pH but I wonder about the gH and KH, they
seem unusually low for the pH. Will these readings get better over time
or do I need to treat the water with something?

Or can Africans just do fine with that?

thanks!

Posted by on August 28, 2006, 4:32 am

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wrote:

>Or can Africans just do fine with that?

It depends which Africans you mean.

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software

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Posted by Mister Jerk on August 28, 2006, 6:55 am

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Pseudo Acei
Yellow Lab
Saluosi

steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk wrote:

> wrote:
>

> >Or can Africans just do fine with that?

>
> It depends which Africans you mean.
>
> --
> Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software
>
> EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
> http://www.easynn.com

Posted by on August 28, 2006, 7:20 am

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wrote:

>Pseudo Acei
>Yellow Lab
>Saluosi
>

So, you mean Lake Malawi cichlids. As the lake is alkaline but not
particularly hard your tank water is ideal. It's also OK for Lake
Victoria cichlids but it's too soft for Lake Tanganika cichlids.

--
Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software

EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

Posted by Mister Jerk on August 28, 2006, 2:04 pm

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Yes, thanks, glad to know I don't need to do more.

I just thought the GH and KH properties were odd for such a high pH?

v
steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk wrote:

> wrote:
>

> >Pseudo Acei
> >Yellow Lab
> >Saluosi
> >

>
> So, you mean Lake Malawi cichlids. As the lake is alkaline but not
> particularly hard your tank water is ideal. It's also OK for Lake
> Victoria cichlids but it's too soft for Lake Tanganika cichlids.
>
> --
> Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software
>
> EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
> http://www.easynn.com

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