francine, i agree with john, those african guys are really tuff and your water would be good enough for them. Concerning your water issue for apisto, RO might be your solution. Hang on budy ! I guess we all went through a time of discouraging: it is just to continue even harder !! take care FLI USA Yvan Alleau 712 Kings boulevard 97330 Corvallis, Oregon home # 738-0606 College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University office (Burt 222) # 737-3649, to be used wisely ! yalleau@oce.orst.edu "When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the essential" ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wubbolt" <BigJohnW@webtv.net> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 4:30 PM Subject: Re: Acclimating to "normal" water conditions > just a note here, Francine, you wont have to alter your water for the > water changes on your african tanks, i dont do it for mine and they do > just fine, and my water is 6.0 pH and 15 ppm out of the tap, just dont > do more then 30 % water changes at one time and they wont be affected > too badly, mine dont mind it!! > > John > > sorry for the african reference here on the pure apisto list lol > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!