Susanne and Cory Williamson wrote: > > > > >Thats not an easy one! Every keeper of soft water species struggles > >with it. > > Not to rub it in or anything, but up here in Vancouver, BC we have > rainforest (temperate) water coming out of our taps. The only thing that > really need to be be done to it is to add heat and remove chlorine. So- if > you need soft water move to the west coast where it rains a lot > > Cory Williamson Disregard this last post by Cory. The West Coast is overated what with earthquakes and droughts/floods, fires and now we're having tornados too! Stay put and raise rift lake cichlids. All those soft water fish are boring anyways. Did I say stay put? ;-) P.S. Cory, Shhhhhh Michael -- Michael Serpa * Bay Island Orchids 2311 Pacific Avenue * Alameda, CA 94501 Tel: (510) 521-8245 * Fax: (510) 865-1787 http://www.bayislandorchids.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!