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Calcium And Kh Levels Detrimental To Fish Health?


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Hmmm although CA might not affect the fishies so much, i dont tink we shld let them live in water dats dKH 4 and CA 200 etc right? Its like forcing a human to breathe in O4 instead of O2, oxygen?

At least do regular water changes (duration can be further apart unlike reef tanks) to help remove any unfiltered/unskimmed wastes and to smoothen out watever imbalances might have occured during the upkeep of the fish (i tink even live rocks would leech or suck elements!?)

Of cos, test kits would be rather unnecessary for CA and KH, but at least lets keep the PH at stable and natural levels...

AT, I dont believe its good to just shake off the value of KH and CA, even if they dont kill the fish outright...who knows, most of us who keep fishes only most surely venture slowly into coral-keeping!?

Just my thoughts, no offence... ;)

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Wedgee,

If its just for a FOWLR tank and you have no care for coralline algae growth.. then you can disregard KH and CA test kits as fishes do not need calcium and alk to survive. The levels provided by water changes should be enough.

If the fishkeeper wants to move into coral keeping, yes, test kits for CA and Alk would be essential should he want to keep more calcium-demanding corals or sensitive ones. IMO, if its just cheap & hardy mushrooms... the levels provided by water changes should be enough.

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Ya just wanted to remind them dat the use of water changes would be necessary if no regard were to be given for KH levels and such, cause the new guys might misunderstand us and take it as: 'let the water run its course without having to care abt the basic elements...'

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