After a long 5 year break from keeping and breeding numerous african and central american cichlids ive decided to give fish keeping a go again in my new house, although its only round the corner from my old houseO(this will be relevent later)
basically im used to poviding fish with moderate to hard water with a ph above neutral. my tap water used to read ph 7 on the dot and the gh and kh were moderately hard(cant remember exact figuires). anyway ive set up a tank and planned on having a go at discus. i understand the need for RO or HMA filters in certain situations so was poised to buy 1. i gave my tap water a test and to my surprise its coming out at 6.2-6.5 every time with a gh and kh on the minimum range of every test kit i use. all reading <3 degrees. i assume the change in water conditions is down to my water board. my question is, with hardness and kh this low, will i have problems in terms of keeping the ph at what it originally reads. i assume i would only need an HMA filter and the rest would be history, or am i missing something? also, is this kh and gh not too low for discus? many of the breeders i know in scotland breed their discus in mildly hard water, nothing this low. im a bit worried my water may be too low. if so does any1 have a recommendation as what i could do to adjust my water?
basically im used to poviding fish with moderate to hard water with a ph above neutral. my tap water used to read ph 7 on the dot and the gh and kh were moderately hard(cant remember exact figuires). anyway ive set up a tank and planned on having a go at discus. i understand the need for RO or HMA filters in certain situations so was poised to buy 1. i gave my tap water a test and to my surprise its coming out at 6.2-6.5 every time with a gh and kh on the minimum range of every test kit i use. all reading <3 degrees. i assume the change in water conditions is down to my water board. my question is, with hardness and kh this low, will i have problems in terms of keeping the ph at what it originally reads. i assume i would only need an HMA filter and the rest would be history, or am i missing something? also, is this kh and gh not too low for discus? many of the breeders i know in scotland breed their discus in mildly hard water, nothing this low. im a bit worried my water may be too low. if so does any1 have a recommendation as what i could do to adjust my water?
