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Since all of us take under siriously consideration the water chemistry in our zebra tanks feel free to post your water parameters in order to have a reference for all of us and for the newer members.
Here are mine.....


PH: 6,5
GH: 3-5
KH: 1-2
Temp: 28,5

And also since many of us use Reverse Osmosis Units for the water changes here are the characteristics of mine and the regural water changes i am making....

RO: AquaPro 380lt/day at 4 bar of pressure
MicroSiemens Output: 9
PPM Output: 4-5
PH: 6,7

I usually make 30% water change every week with 3/4 Water from the R.O. and 1/4 with Tap water.I also add Seachem's "Discus Trace" for trace elemments.

Reverse Osmosis? anyone care to explain? lol

PH: 7.2
GH: 6
KH: 3
Temp: 84F

I do 2x a week 25% water changes with aged, dechlorinated water.

Is the GH and KH hard to achieve? is do you just leave it at what it naturally is at.

in your own water i mean

It's always best not to start fiddling with chemicals, as it's very hard to keep the parameters on a steady level if you do. From what I understand it's the fluctuations in parameters that's hard for the fish to cope with.

When that's said, I have to use a GH+ in my water, as the water is 0 GH and KH out of the tap here, and that's proven to be too soft.

My parameters are

PH 6.4
GH 6
KH 3
temp 29-32C

So i should follow suit then really with the GH , KH ill test my water when i buy a testing kits