I feel you. Livebearers cam be great but other fish are more great imo. When Byron comes along I'm sure he may have some ideas
I know what you mean, I have several types of tetras a soft water fish. I have to use Ro to soften my water a little to try and get them to breed. You can also use beat moss and driftwood can help but I found RO the best.
Ok. I have a buffering ph substrate and wood in the tank.
Yep. Mine just bred about a week ago. It was very cool as I gently opened the females mouth and 50 fry cams spewing out.
Yea. I just frustrates me sometimes because I’m like “o that would be cool to keep that fish” and then I research it and boom can’t keep them bc of my water which I can’t really do anything about it.
What is the hardness if the water in the tank?
Yeah. I am lucky I don't have that problem too bad because my water is soft which is good for most fish that I want to keep. And if I want to get a hard water species I could get substrate that hardens it. I feel your frustration though. A family friend had a huge fish room with super rare cool fish but couldnt bring them with when they moved because of the water difference
Yea. This has been the most frustrating part since I’ve been in the hobby. It’s like your height, can’t do anything to change it. Except you can but most people say not to chase parameters and just go with the flow.
Sorry can’t tell you this. Have no way to find out
Did you look on your water providers website?
People have posted before when I’ve asked questions about having certain fish in my water. Someone looked it up and so have I and it’s apparently very hard in my area to find what they are
If you have water softening substrate then your hardness will be completely different in the tank. Do you have a test kit?
I have an api master but not a gh test kit. Should I pick one up?
