I got the GH to 12 in December. Every time I am changing the water, I am adding GH plus to match the GH to 12.
I do not see how the water parameters are not good enough since I am compensating the GH in every water change.
Sick swordtail
I do not see how the water parameters are not good enough since I am compensating the GH in every water change.
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fr499y
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To round it up, 30L is too small for swordtails and guppies, but adding them to the 100L with soft water fish is also a no. Increase the GH for the livebearers is ok, but not if they are in the same tank with soft water fish.
Either keep the livebearers in the bigger tank without the softwater fish and buffer the GH as you are, or rehome them and stick to fish suitable for your water
Either keep the livebearers in the bigger tank without the softwater fish and buffer the GH as you are, or rehome them and stick to fish suitable for your water
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Even with the gH having been raised and maintained now, being raised in soft water (if supplier didn’t harden the water) and then being in soft water until December will have compromised them unfortunately and make them more susceptible to diseases that would normally be kept at bay by a healthy immune system.
240L Fluval Roma with Oase 600 Biomaster: 1 German red bristlenose, 4 male cherry barbs, 6 standard rummynose, 3 golden rummynose tetra, 9 emperor tetra, 14 cardinal tetra, 2 hengeli rasbora, 3 nerite snails, 1 adult Sulawesi snail and multiple juveniles continually appearing.
Parameters: gH2, kH1, pH7.4 (tap).
Fish fiend since October 2017.
Parameters: gH2, kH1, pH7.4 (tap).
Fish fiend since October 2017.
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What @fr499y and @VikingMummy2015 said are the round-ups.
If at first you don't succeed....
...get someone else to do it!
Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian
...get someone else to do it!
Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
Ian