fish/plants in hardwater

[DLee185936 at aol_com]

In a message dated 11/15/2002 4:41:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com writes:

> hardwater
> 
> This question may be off the plants topic, nevertheless, I would like to
> know
> which fishes cannot be kept in planted  tank with lot of 
> hard water.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> drajit athale
> Baroda, India
> 
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> 
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov


Guppies, platys, and mollies do very well in harder water.  Some of the smaller cichlids would do well in harder water with plants, but one would have to be selective about which cichlids would work best.  Bristlenose plecs are great, and otos work well too in harder water.  

Don