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Water hardnes is effected every time the water is changed and when you vac your tank and your plants will also reduce it as thay use it to grow so top ups between cleenups will be fine with just normal de chlorinated water If you still need to reduce it you would use ro water mixed with de...

Oh yes or not have live plants if you dident do any of that thay are spot on

Perfect advice just what I would recomend external filters are the best

Wow thats alot of tanks if you like the blue crayfish have a look at the African giant fan shrimp (Atya galonensis) you might like to try them as they will live in a community tank and get big I have seen one 9 inches long and best of all thay are in blue or brown depending on gender And welcome...

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She is looking good good luck with the babies its the best bit oh and welcome to AA

Welcome to AA

more discus as you should have them in 4 - 6 min with about 20lr of tank per fish so for you up to 6 dependent on other stock levels Or you can add long grass or other plants the hight of the tank that will give cover for the smaller one but realy as thay are cichlids you nead to get the numbers...

I was going to use it for my grow on tank to improve the bio load the plants cover

Ok now I feel like the one under attack I give you respect you talk to me like a c** my opinion is that you do have some points but I will always go for the natural methods and not relying on complex mixing in short you have your own opinion and I have mine I have worked with fish most of my...

I know the rough composition some lvls will change with the seasonal changes and pick up some chemicals from run off but even ro filters dont get all of that I use my plants to bring down my gh and kh and regulate my ph thay also sort the nitrate my discus tank needs onley a 20-30% water change...

Sorry hit send halfway through

Makeup should not effect the fish or extra chemicals used to stabilise ph wasent having a go just seemed like the hard way to do it and not giving much if any advantage