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- From: cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan)
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: Kuhli loaches
- Keywords: Info
- Message-ID: <sT36VB5w165w@cerianthus.pinetree.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 04:40:15 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.220539.21757@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: The Aquarium, Ottawa, Ontario
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- wmack@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William J Mack) writes:
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- > A few years ago I bought a kuhli loach and it lasted only for a week.
- > Never bought one again, but I am considering buying one and I'm wondering
- > what type of water conditions they must have (do they easily adapt).
- > My tank water has a pH of 8.2 and obviously the water is hard.
- > (Some people have told me they cant believe my neons have lasted almost 2
- > years in this kind of water)
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- pH of 8.2 is great for a marine tank. I don't think it's so hot for FW fish
- though. My advice would be to work on that pH if you want to keep a
- kuhlii. If your tap water is the cause of that, you might consider getting
- some kind of water treatment device.
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- Darin Cowan - cowan@cerianthus.pinetree.org
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