I always take what the council says with a pinch of salt, our "Blue Flag" beaches are only tested when there hasn't been any sewage evacuated for a few days. But hey, politics right? Better to come to a place like this and truly learn what is hard water!Gingerlove05 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 13:20 pmMines classed as hard by our supplier, at 14.3dgh (german hardness).codheadjohn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:56 am Interesting how they call your water moderately hard, which is what my supplier says for my 5dGH water.
Its reasons like that as to why people get so confused
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Thanks for this, it's really useful!plankton wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:48 am Welcome to the forum.
The water is a bit hard for bettas, they do much better in soft water. (No pun intended)
I wouldn't put anything in with a cray, they will take resting fish, and sometimes even swimming fish. Get a 3' tank for a cray on its own.
You can use plant substrate with a sand topping. However, you will restricted to hard water bottom feeders, not a lot more choice than synodontis, so it's a good job the tanks are 4'. You may get away with bristlenoses as they are relatively adaptable.
I'd recommend a fishless cycle as you're less likely to get problems later as you probably will with fish used for a fish-in cycle.
I hadn't thought of plant substrate and sand, I think I was more focused on how I can keep the substrate clean as a newbie, but I'll go with sand either way now as I much prefer the look! Glad I've got the tanks to accommodate both the synodontis and bristlenose, it was always my thoughts that go as big as you can, opens up more options!
Shame about the Betta, I know the LFS has them so it's possible they can survive in my area tap water (LFS only use tap water) but the goal here is to have the fish flourish and not "just survive".
Shame about the cray, I see they work in some community tanks but very specifically selected fish I think! I was thinking of getting a small quarantine tank, so that would be starting with 3 tanks, not sure I need to stretch to a 4th haha!
Thanks for the advice, it's really appreciated.
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