Guppy advice

[George Farmer]

Am I correct in assuming guppies prefer harder, alkaline water? Are they adaptable to softer, acidic water i.e pH 6.6, GH 6?

 

[copeina]

Google gives 360,000 results for "Guppy" and 2,650 results for "Guppy water parameters".

Click here for the definitive answer to your question: Fishbase.org

As for adapting to soft, acidic water.. I doubt you would have long-term success. To remedy this, try adding a tablespoon of baking soda to every 20 gallons, and twice that amount of salt. Pickling salt or "coarse" salt works just fine and is inexpensive.

Good luck!
/Kris

 

[Guppylover]

Guppies do go much better in hard water than soft but can get use to the different water parameters. Just keep an eye out on them because I have heard stories of guppuies dying in soft water, so introduce them slowly to it.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Gradual changes can help them adapt. Start off with harder water as stated above and in a few months they should still be alive and kicking in softer water. Just don't drop the pH to around 5.5 or the like.