True but some are wild caught.
Keep in mind that the fish will not live a long life since they designed to live in hard water breeding them in average hardness does not change their genetic structure.
do tanganyikan and malawi need hard water?
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Keep in mind that the fish will not live a long life since they designed to live in hard water breeding them in average hardness does not change their genetic structure.
im tryna take out my 30 gallon long so I cud get me a baby frontosa, but my mom isn't having it since I convinced them to let me get my 125. this sucks, I want a dam baby frontosa!
Yeah, good point.It was never an issue with me as the water in my area is rather hard straight from the tap.
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so can i raise a frontosa in gh kh water that is only 2-5, my ph is 7.6 out the tap. shed light on this?
No problem for ph is a tad low but if you use decor that that raises it you will better off .Im not familiar your gh/kh percent whats your chart say for parts per million or does it give you a scale high low?
i just broke out the crushed coral i added it to the filter in a media bag, good idea? is it permanent?
The water in FL comes from an aquifer that sits in limestone, are water here is very hard and its the same water that the fish farms would probably be using. No I doubt it mimics or is the same as the waters in Africa but our water is hard. I never really had to worry about keeping Africans. I don't know the name of the chart he is going by but his range should be 12-18 and its between 2-5 according to his other thread.
To be honest I don't worry about gh/kh but again I also have hard water. I think adding in limestone or holy rock and setting it up would be ok it seems to me that most people just do this. I dont know if it helps or not though. Adding baking soda can help raise the hardness 1 teaspoon/5 gallon. However if you do this you need to make sure you pH is not fluctuating because this can cause a lot of stress on the fish so sometimes its not worth messing with it to much. You would have to do this every-time you change the water and test the levels as its not good to have it fluctuating in a tank full of fish. i would advise testing this out in a bucket or tank with no fish first to see how it affects your water before doing it on your main tank. Also keep in mind that the higher your pH you need to be more aware of your ammonia levels b/c it becomes more toxic in higher pH (of course ammonia should be 0 always but just throwing it out there)
To be honest I don't worry about gh/kh but again I also have hard water. I think adding in limestone or holy rock and setting it up would be ok it seems to me that most people just do this. I dont know if it helps or not though. Adding baking soda can help raise the hardness 1 teaspoon/5 gallon. However if you do this you need to make sure you pH is not fluctuating because this can cause a lot of stress on the fish so sometimes its not worth messing with it to much. You would have to do this every-time you change the water and test the levels as its not good to have it fluctuating in a tank full of fish. i would advise testing this out in a bucket or tank with no fish first to see how it affects your water before doing it on your main tank. Also keep in mind that the higher your pH you need to be more aware of your ammonia levels b/c it becomes more toxic in higher pH (of course ammonia should be 0 always but just throwing it out there)
I have all holey rock in my 50 hap tank. This takes care of it perfectly. I now have a Zrock hap and an empress holding eggs. The texas holey rock is the only decor in my tank it looks great and its expensive as heck! LOL
