Hard water and L134

[deathray]

I will be getting some L134 plecos and want to breed them, but I have hard water. I can't afford an RO unit, so I was wondering if I even had a prayer of them breeding in hard water. Could you include other ways of softening water too?

 

[Flash]

Yea. It is better to have more stable water parameters than to try and bring water to fishes "preferable" parameters.

 

[andersp90]

I will be getting some L134 plecos and want to breed them, but I have hard water. I can't afford an RO unit, so I was wondering if I even had a prayer of them breeding in hard water. Could you include other ways of softening water too?

Rainwater. Its free.

 

[gomezladdams]

Mine have a bit of growing to do still,they were fairly young when I got the,I dont think they have bred yet.I have pretty hard water.
My group of L183 were born in very hard alkaline water so its possible.
my ph is 8.0 kh and gh around 150 so not crazy hard both groups of plecos came from breeders with gh in the 300 range.

 

[COL]

300 is not crazy. Come to southern california.

 

[deathray]

Mine have a bit of growing to do still,they were fairly young when I got the,I dont think they have bred yet.I have pretty hard water.
My group of L183 were born in very hard alkaline water so its possible.
my ph is 8.0 kh and gh around 150 so not crazy hard both groups of plecos came from breeders with gh in the 300 range.

How big are they, I like those plecos too...

 

[deathray]

Yea. It is better to have more stable water parameters than to try and bring water to fishes "preferable" parameters.

Does the same apply to L052?

 

[deathray]

Rainwater. Its free.

Utah is obscenely dry

 

[Eric A]

Lots of Bogwood should bring the hardness down a bit.

 

[Woodworm]

I agree with Eric. The water here comes out of the tap at 7.8 and goes to 8.0 pon sitting, but my 125 planted maintains a 7.1 just with the drift wood that I keep in it. Peet filtering is another way to do though I have never tried it.