RE: [Killietalk] Any soft water Nothos

[Brian Watters <bwatters at sasktel_net>]

Wright Huntley wrote:

>
> Brian, you just described my tap water. I have quite a few Notho eggs
> getting ready to hatch. My tap water is chlorine/chloramine free (local
> well) with a tds of 85-95 ppm, about 2/3 as hardness, and pH in the
> mid-high 7s. It comes out of the tap a bit higher, but CO2 equilibrium
> with the air makes it about 7.6-7.8 or so on standing or aeration.
>
> Should I plan to add some "Equilibrium" and salt to hold down Velvet
> disease?
>

Yes, I would certainly add salt at least. I gave the conditions found in
most Notho habitats because someone asked for it - I do not necessarily
recommend that we should try to duplicate those conditions in our
fish-rooms. In captivity, most Nothos will do best in fairly hard water,
preferably alkaline, although I don't think that the pH is a critical issue,
provided it does not become too acidic.

It is important to remember that in our tanks we have a far more restricted
system that cannot even begin to compare with that in the natural habitats.
There is absolutely no way that we could ever duplicate all the conditions,
and the factors that control those conditions, that prevail in the habitats.
_______________________________________
Brian Watters
56 Gardiner Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 4P6, Canada
Tel: (306) 584-9161 (home)
E-mail: bwatters at sasktel_net

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