Water Parameters

Hi @barneyadi

I haven't been following all your posts - so my response here is to this thread only. With that caveat in mind:

According to your water parameters, you have water that would be suitable for softwater fish. Seriously Fish will give you the information that you need to select fish for these water conditions. But, if you particularly want to keep guppies, you could increase the GH. And it wouldn't harm to raise the KH to, say, 110 ppm. Doing this would increase pH a tad but, again, that wouldn't be a problem. You would have to make sure that the water used for water changes was given the same additive. One possible product is JBL Aquadur. In time, we can advise how to increase KH and GH without having to purchase commercial preparations.

What do you mean by DH? Are you referring to dH, i.e. (German) degrees hardness? If so, you already have this information.

I'd like to ask a few questions for my benefit - just in case you've mentioned it elsewhere.

[1] Did you use a tap water conditioner to remove chlorine, etc?

[2] Have you 'cycled' your tank in preparation for adding fish to your tank?

[3] What is your water temperature?

[4] What filtration are you using?

That'll do for now!

JPC

Hi @barneyadi

I haven't been following all your posts - so my response here is to this thread only. With that caveat in mind:

According to your water parameters, you have water that would be suitable for softwater fish. Seriously Fish will give you the information that you need to select fish for these water conditions. But, if you particularly want to keep guppies, you could increase the GH. And it wouldn't harm to raise the KH to, say, 110 ppm. Doing this would increase pH a tad but, again, that wouldn't be a problem. You would have to make sure that the water used for water changes was given the same additive. One possible product is JBL Aquadur. In time, we can advise how to increase KH and GH without having to purchase commercial preparations.

What do you mean by DH? Are you referring to dH, i.e. (German) degrees hardness? If so, you already have this information.

I'd like to ask a few questions for my benefit - just in case you've mentioned it elsewhere.

[1] Did you use a tap water conditioner to remove chlorine, etc?

[2] Have you 'cycled' your tank in preparation for adding fish to your tank?

[3] What is your water temperature?

[4] What filtration are you using?

That'll do for now!

JPC

Hi, I always get confused with DH. I take it GH is the DH?

Will leave guppies for now, simpler the better for me to be honest.

I have two tanks, one is running and the other isn't. Plan is to get other one up and running using an Oase Internal filter, and aquascape and plant it. Will use media from other tank to get Oase filter going, transfer fish over and then work on other tank. Current tank temperature I use is 26 degrees. But with two tanks I could run at different temperatures for different fish. Always use a water dechlorinator.

GH stands for general hardness, the name of the parameter.
dH stands for degrees of hardness, and is a unit of measurement of hardness. It is also called German degrees or just degrees.

Will leave guppies for now, simpler the better for me to be honest.

Hi @barneyadi

Probably wise. A lot of Guppies breed like rabbits Guppies. Another name for Guppies is 'Millions Fish' - no doubt for very good reason!

JPC