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	hard vs soft water?
jenbabe256 Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 312 Votes: 10 Registered: 21-Jul-2004	I was just wondering what was considered hard or soft water. Is this the Gh in the test kits? I've read that some fish prefer soft over hard water or vice versa and until now I was just putting in any fish that I felt would look nice in my tank. I have a Gh of 8. What does this mean? TIA Jen
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, Each test kit should come with "destructions" and in them they say where the break off points are. Soft is considered 0-3 degrees (0-50ppm) medium/soft is 3-6 degrees (50-100ppm) medium/hard is 6-11 degrees (100-200ppm) Hard is 11-22 degrees (200-400ppm) My kit says that 8 degrees is good "for most tropicals, including swordtails, guppies, mollies and goldfish". Hope this helps... Frank Last edited by FRANK at 28-Dec-2004 19:17 -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
garyroland ---Prime Fish--- Posts: 7878 Kudos: 4010 Votes: 103 Registered: 31-Dec-2001	If you know how to acclimate new trops to your tank before placing in the tank, you'll never have a problem with pH, the main measure we use to determine water hardness, among other water hardness tests. Your trops will adjust to any pH within reason if acclimated correctly, the reason being 6.5 to 9.0 pH. --garyroland.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	The measure of hardness is "german degrees" or degrees of hardness. One degree of hardness is 17 ppm. Genereal Hardness is the measure of all minerals in the water. Carbonate Hardness or KH is the measure of your water's buffering ability or its ability to resist a pH crash. __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
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