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My 720 litre (190 gal) goldfish tank (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's beautiful. I had a 20 gallon setup for a while but my water is too hard and I got tired of battling with it. Yours looks amazing though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

My water is basically liquid rock. Very few plants make it and PH is above 8. In my experience it's better to go with it and adjust to what you can keep in it, rather than try to change the parameters. Rough plants, goldfish or some African chiclids work really well with hard wster