These are the two numbers you need. German degrees is the same as dH and mg/l CaCO3 is the same as ppm. Fish profiles use either dH or ppm, and you now have your hardness in both - 253 ppm and 15 dH.
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That's alright, always happy to help^^
You could do platies too, my male platy is so insecure lol.I feel you, I had two ottos before too, but I didn't know I had hard water and they need soft water and they both passed
I'm suggesting a 30 gallon tank for you to get more livebearers..
This is the same as KH. Again, mg/l CaCO3 is the same as ppm, and it converts to 10 dH of KH.
You are not killing them and you don't need to give them away - who knows where they will end up if you do. Yes the water is harder than is ideal for them but they have been thriving in your care for 8 months, which is a lot better than many people with ideal water manage. Knowing this may influence your future stocking choices but it does not make sense to give them away.
Yes, my shrimp thrive in my water which is same as yours and they have no problems with molting either.
Aaaw, have yours bred as well? It's good to know that yours are doing well with the same water, mine do seem to be growing well and pretty fast, some are almost as big as the mother was, so they must be getting pretty close to breeding age themselves.
Someone posted a link to these guys recently https://www.spotlesswater.co.uk/
That's an awesome resource, thank you! Especially since searching "RO water, Bristol" basically gives you links to pretty pricey filters, which I'm not quite ready to invest in! There is a location within a 20-30 minute drive, and the price point is very reasonable. Worth it for the Oto gang. Hmm. Now it opens up possibilties for a large-ish nano tank. The otos with some ember tetras or purple halequin raspboras perhaps? Or celestial pearl danios? (would research hardness and other conditions first of course, just the idea of a softer water tank, since I really have to set one up now, is sparking some ideas!)
Yeah, mine have bred many times, the berried females showed up less often and now they don't breed now at all.
Brilliant that they've bred, sorry that they seem to have stopped! I'm too new to shrimp to have any idea why that might be I'm afraid. Maybe some new blood might help? They might just be bored with each other and need some new skrimps to wake 'em up!
Yeah, I thought about getting some new cherries from my local maidenhead aquatics some day. Though I have the same pair of amano shrimp and my female is obsessed with eggs so she's berried actually everysingle day. I have never seen her not berriedBrilliant that they've bred, sorry that they seem to have stopped! I'm too new to shrimp to have any idea why that might be I'm afraid. Maybe some new blood might help? They might just be bored with each other and need some new skrimps to wake 'em up!
Technically, I already have two of my own, and partial custody of a third...Uh oh. I feel an episode of MTS (multiple tank syndrome) coming on
Don't worry I have 4 - and I'm not the only one.
This 15 gal guppy/oto/shrimp was the first of my own, and my main tank, then I bought another 15 gallon to have next to it when I discovered that my adult guppies don't seem to eat fry at all, and many more were surviving than I'd anticipated... So the second tank is a grow out and quarantine tank. Of course if I convert it to soft water, then I'm gonna need another grow out tank. I also really wanted to set up a betta tank at some point...
I'd love to have over 60 tanks and actually open a fish shop of my own. Get a betta tank! A 10 gallon, with sponge filter and a heater and you will have the happiest betta ever. And they're so curious!
