Brackish will kill most plecos Like smithrc said, you will find products to raise the Gh in your LFS. I have to use it as my tapwater has 0Gh and 0Kh.ApacheDan wrote: Ok, McEve.....so how do I make the water harder. Can I reconstitute it with some products? I know that there are some products for Discus to make it brackish...will this work? thanks. Dan
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Who? I take it I should have heard of him? :pThe best way is to not use RO water in the first place. Fry grow better in unaltered water, as people like Jack Wattley would tell you.
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RO is a proven method of triggering a spawn by lowering the TDS...
It's only now (from this thread) that I've learnt that you should raise the hardness back up after a spawn - I've read a LOT of peoples guides on here about spawns and no-where has mentioned it berfore now...
Shame really.
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You can use pure ro and then add something like this:
http://www.aquariumguys.com/liquidroright1.html
Better get yourself a conductivity meter and a ph meter if you are going this way.
http://www.aquariumguys.com/liquidroright1.html
Better get yourself a conductivity meter and a ph meter if you are going this way.
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Here in the USA Jack Wattley is considered the grandfather of Discus. Pretty much he introduced the fish to the rest of the hobby. I had the honor of meeting him & he was my mentor with Discus. I've read all his books & it is true that he has mixed feelings about RO water, mainly that fry need trace minerals to grow healthy.smithrc wrote:Who? I take it I should have heard of him? :p
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My water is tap water, just very low in hardness. I noticed that the city water changed about 6 months ago, before it was very Alkaline & hard. No pH is around 7.5 & very soft. Looks like somebody in City Hall put some filters to work. Meanwhile I went to my LFS & bought Kent Liquid R/O Right & Kent Freshwater Essentials. Oh yeah, and a new GH/KH test kit.