Recent content by Elasmo

Yeah, I've seen entire fish caring guides that will go the whole thing without even mentioning water hardness, even though with a bit of research, it seems very important to the fishes well being. Also, I can see how if I'm always going to be adding my normal water, and then having to constantly...

Well it was definitely a good idea that I came here. Hardness isn't really something I considered, and I kind of feel dumb for overlooking it, so thanks for making me aware of that. From what I gather though, it is possible to increase or decrease water hardness, so its not like my water...

Thanks for the reply. Here in Edmonton, the water hardness is currently 170 millilitres of Calcium Carbonate per litre, or 9.9 grains per gallon according to our water provider, which is Epcor. I'm currently cycling using a bacterial starter, Nutrafin cycle to be specific. I'm not sure about the...

I recently just brought up an old 10 gallon and set it up. I'm currently just letting it cycle, so in the mean time, I was of course thinking about what fish to put in it. My main idea right now is to have either 1 Dwarf Gourami or 1 Female Betta as a centrepiece, with 4-5 Platies or Swordtails...