what fish - hard water, low alkaline?

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Subject Author Date what fish - hard water, low alkaline? JoJon 04-19-2005  Re: what fish - hard water, low alkaline? gerfish 04-20-2005  Re: what fish - hard water, low alkaline? JoJon 04-20-2005
Posted by JoJon on April 19, 2005, 2:07 pm Please log in for more thread options I have very hard water and very low alkaline (which I presume means it's acidic). What type of community fish thrive best in these conditions please? (don't want to mess around with the water) Should elaborate on that more I suppose. - ph is 6.6 -6.8, 0 ammonia, nil nitrite nil, nitrate stays at around 20ppm, tank is planted, set up for about 12 months, currently holding a couple of gouramis, a couple of Congo tetras, some neons and some rummy nose and a couple of cories. All been quite happy for about 9 months. Tank is 75 gals by the way. Oh also have a damn Indian algae eater that terrorises every bloody fish in there. I spend many hours each week trying to catch the damn thing without any luck. Posted by gerfish on April 20, 2005, 4:16 am Please log in for more thread options It would be very unusual to have very hard water AND a low pH. Have a look at these links for a good explanation of hardness, pH, etc. http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/ http://faq.thekrib.com/Annex/oldfaq-hardness.txt HTH Ger M Posted by JoJon on April 20, 2005, 4:37 am Please log in for more thread options > It would be very unusual to have very hard water AND a low pH. Have a > look at these links for a good explanation of hardness, pH, etc. > http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/ > http://faq.thekrib.com/Annex/oldfaq-hardness.txt > > HTH > Ger M Re the water: GH from tank is 250, KH is virtually nil. (And readings are same for all four tanks by the way, including the cw goldie tank. Main trop tank has been set up for about 12 months, cw for a couple of years and smaller gourami tank and bush fish tank for about 6 months ) Tap water is GH 100, KH nil. I used to add coral to the filter because there are one or two mollies in there but at the moment I have charcoal in the main tank filter and they still seem happy and are still breeding. (Really must move that male!) I have nothing in the other tank filters. I don't really want to start having to add chemicals etc to the water - I'd rather try to choose fish that like the conditions than to adapt the conditions to the fish Similar Threads Posted Re: hard water low alkaline April 22, 2005, 6:30 am Fish don't look happy after a water change/cleanout July 12, 2006, 11:47 am additive for water feature to prevent green water April 4, 2007, 3:53 pm Re: Water conditioners July 12, 2006, 6:25 am Re: Water conditioners July 12, 2006, 6:26 am Water conditioners July 11, 2006, 5:45 pm Lousy water. September 17, 2005, 6:12 pm Water Changes and temp November 26, 2005, 4:23 am cloudy water April 28, 2011, 7:23 pm UK Tap Water Quality Reports July 4, 2006, 10:03 am