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Re: Acclimating to "normal" water conditions
Francine,
I agree with the last 3 people who stated getting an RO unit. I have VERY
hard water, but solved the problem with a RO/DIO unit. With 27 tanks in the
house, I would think that an RO unit would be a wonderful addition. I got
mine online for a very decent price.
Bonny
>From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg@wcf.com>
>Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
>To: apisto@listbox.com
>Subject: Re: Acclimating to "normal" water conditions
>Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 17:17:47 -0800
>
>Francine, I am only guessing but I would guess an RO unit might be very
>helpful to you. Have you looked at that option? Do you live in the US?
> What state? Or if abroad, where????
>
>
>At 04:04 PM 3/6/01 -0800, you wrote:
>>My tap water is 8.5 with dH coming in at 63 ppms. I am so frustrated at
>>this point that I have considered raising Africans. Actually bought
>>brichardi and n. mealagris and then realized that I will have to modify
>>for
>>their water changes as well.
>>
>>I do have success with getting my apistos to spawn, but it becomes a
>>headache doing water changes. Before I bought this house and expanded my
>>fishroom to 27 tanks, I used distilled water for changes. But with the
>>amount of tanks I have now, hauling in distilled water at 89 cents a
>>bottle
>>would be inane. I sometimes go in the fishroom and just stand there and
>>wonder what the hell am I doing this all for. Yet, the c barbatus spawned,
>>the bristlenose spawned ,all the apistos and the killis. Unfortunantly,
>>my
>>fry survival rate has fallen off and I am greatly discouraged.
>>
>>I have been photographing my fish and others and have been successful.
>>Maybe
>>that is what I should be doing instead of maintaining and breeding species
>>that I am unable to perpetuate.
>>
>>Ready to sell out,
>>Francine
>>
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 13:51:02 -0700, apisto@listbox.com wrote:
>>
>> > Francine,
>> >
>> > I don't consider anything liquid with a pH 8.5 water; that's more like
>>liquid
>> > cement! If your water has an equally high carbonate hardness
>>(alkalinity)
>>then I
>> > would definitely mix the tap water with softer water. Some apistos
>>will
>>handle
>> > living in your tap water, but I doubt that blackwater species will.
>> >
>> > BTW the elizabethae Içana male is now over 3" SL with lots of red on
>>the
>>body.
>> > Let me know when you want him.
>> >
>> > Mike Wise
>> >
>> > FBethea wrote:
>> >
>> > > I am curiuos to learn how people on the list go about acclimating
>>their
>>fish
>> > > to normal water conditions.
>> > >
>> > > My tap water is 8.5 and the rain water is 6.0. Will I have to mix
>>the
>>rain
>> > > water with tap until I get 7.0 thereabouts?
>> > >
>> > > Francine
>> > >
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