Larry Licata
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Good, they should be able to help find the GH of your water, just makes sure to ask for the GH of water in your area.
A very nice man at water company lab told me GH is approx 12-14ppm .....
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Good, they should be able to help find the GH of your water, just makes sure to ask for the GH of water in your area.
14ppm is really soft water, which is great for tetras, barbs, rasboras, gouramis, angelfish and Corydoras. But it's way too soft for livebearers like guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies, which need a GH over 200ppm (250ppm for mollies).
Switch to different fish. I don’t trust all of those ph raisers, or nitrate lowers, because you are messing with the chemistry of the water. Just get the fish, that match your waters GH.Is there an chemical amendment I can add to the water? or would it be a better plan to switch to a different fish after I make these changes??..
Switch to different fish. I don’t trust all of those ph raisers, or nitrate lowers, because you are messing with the chemistry of the water. Just get the fish, that match your waters GH.
Yea - I wont confront them... just keep the knowledge i gain here to be a better informed customer.I wouldn't go to a pet shop and have a go at them about the water quality in the county. You won't be welcome back after that.
Now based on this new info... Should I still add aquarium salt when I do water changes? And I use PH buffer and conditioner to keep PH around 7.0 during water changes.. I will continue that unless an expert here tells me no.
I will hold off on a new filter and see what happens when I re-populate.
I will also avoid filter media changes at every water change. And wash out the media and add new charcoal.