Just a quick question...
I've been keeping aquariums for years and kept swordtails, platys and mollys in the past(althought its been a while), but I know that they've always done well, but the water was very hard and alkaline. I read in the fish profiles on this site and it said that they prefer hard, alkaline water...how will they do in soft/moderate, acid water? I have a densely planted 20g that I'm thinking about adding some swords to (wife likes the idea of fish babies) --- with Co2 injection, the pH stays around 6.6-6.8 and the hardness fluctuates, but stays around 6-9 dkH and the same for the GH. Any feedback? Thank you kindly.
-Ryan
note: I know that most of the time, fish prefer *stable* water conditions, as opposed to *exact*. Also, I figure that since swords and platys(not sure about mollies) are from Central and South America, their natural environment certainly is exposed to acid, soft water at least in some places.
I've been keeping aquariums for years and kept swordtails, platys and mollys in the past(althought its been a while), but I know that they've always done well, but the water was very hard and alkaline. I read in the fish profiles on this site and it said that they prefer hard, alkaline water...how will they do in soft/moderate, acid water? I have a densely planted 20g that I'm thinking about adding some swords to (wife likes the idea of fish babies) --- with Co2 injection, the pH stays around 6.6-6.8 and the hardness fluctuates, but stays around 6-9 dkH and the same for the GH. Any feedback? Thank you kindly.
-Ryan
note: I know that most of the time, fish prefer *stable* water conditions, as opposed to *exact*. Also, I figure that since swords and platys(not sure about mollies) are from Central and South America, their natural environment certainly is exposed to acid, soft water at least in some places.
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