happygirl65
Aquarium Advice Addict
I just got everything out of storage for my 55 gal tank. I found that everything was still in working order and I still had an unopened AP FW master test kit. So I pulled it out and have been testing all my water params on just my regular from the tap well water. All results were what I expected which is
0 amonia
0 chlorine
which I knew it wouldnt have since we do not add this and this is natural mountain spring water
ph is 7.0
but when I checked the hardness of the water it was completely off the scale. Infact after 105 drops I stopped adding them. It remained a lavender color and never did change past that.
I know that my mother in law has kept various FW tropical fish with no problems in this water so my question is....can I still have a FW community with very hard water? Or should I try to soften it?
0 amonia
0 chlorine
which I knew it wouldnt have since we do not add this and this is natural mountain spring water
ph is 7.0
but when I checked the hardness of the water it was completely off the scale. Infact after 105 drops I stopped adding them. It remained a lavender color and never did change past that.
I know that my mother in law has kept various FW tropical fish with no problems in this water so my question is....can I still have a FW community with very hard water? Or should I try to soften it?