KreativJustin
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello, I am adding a water softener in my home to help with the lime scale issues that I have, my water is decently hard for being in town. I'll give background, then ask the questions.
I currently house a tropical tank, 20 gallon, 9 assorted danios, a horsefaced loach, and a clown pleco.
I will be upgrading to 75 gallon (minimal) and I am not sure if I'm going to transfer the fish and add more fish, or just start a new tank with African Cichlids.
Currently my fish do fine, I just add water conditioner with my tap water. When I test my tank though, my pH is in the lower 8, and my kH is high up there too.
So I was reading about water softeners and aquariums, and it said it can be good or bad depending on what fish you have, but I did not see much on what type of fish they are recommending and not recommending.
So my question(s):
Has anyone had negative effects from using water from a water softener?
What fish are good & bad when using a water softener?
Thanks for the help in advance!
I currently house a tropical tank, 20 gallon, 9 assorted danios, a horsefaced loach, and a clown pleco.
I will be upgrading to 75 gallon (minimal) and I am not sure if I'm going to transfer the fish and add more fish, or just start a new tank with African Cichlids.
Currently my fish do fine, I just add water conditioner with my tap water. When I test my tank though, my pH is in the lower 8, and my kH is high up there too.
So I was reading about water softeners and aquariums, and it said it can be good or bad depending on what fish you have, but I did not see much on what type of fish they are recommending and not recommending.
So my question(s):
Has anyone had negative effects from using water from a water softener?
What fish are good & bad when using a water softener?
Thanks for the help in advance!