Freshwater Minis For Very Hard Water?

[Jeremy180]

Hello, my 29 gal (110 litre) tank has a ph of 8.0
 
 
Minis I've found so far that will tolerate this PH:
(I won't be stocking all of them, I just would like more options.)
Glowlight Danio
Celestial pearl danio aka emerald dwarf rasbora
Dwarf livebearer aka least killifish
Endler's liveberer (Femles are a bit on the large side)
Cherry red shrimp
Ghost shrimp
Nerite snail
Pygmy cory
Tail-spot Pygmy cory
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MAYBE a Honey Gourami as a centerpiece/specimen?

 

[ech0o]

You would be surprised how many fish when acclimated properly will handle an 8.0ph.    8 is high, but I have heard of success with many fish not considered ph hardy, at numbers like 8.4ph.   MOST (not all of course, there are extremes) fish will easily adapt to 8ph.

 

[DerpPH]

Neolamprologus sp. is one to add to the list.
 
As ech0o said acclimation is one key to success.
 
Oh and you forgot sawbwa resplendens or rummy nosed rasbora

 

[ech0o]

As well as a slew of rainbow fish

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

pH is a poor indicator of what water suits any fish species, what you really need to know is your water's gH and kH hardness, or even better its TDS value.
 
Is you put some soft water fish in moderately hard (eg. gH 13) water at pH 8, but then bubbled enough carbon dioxide to drop the pH to 7.4, the water would still be too hard for these fish.

 

[Jeremy180]

pH is a poor indicator of what water suits any fish species, what you really need to know is your water's gH and kH hardness, or even better its TDS value.
 
Is you put some soft water fish in moderately hard (eg. gH 13) water at pH 8, but then bubbled enough carbon dioxide to drop the pH to 7.4, the water would still be too hard for these fish.

All I have is the API freshwater master test kit, and that doesn't have any of those.
However, according to my water supplier's water quality report in 2012:
TDS ranged from 45-88 ppm
Calcium ranged from 12.8-12.9ppm
Magnesium ranged from 1.01-1.09ppm
Sodium ranged from 3.6-3.7ppm
Sulfate as SO4 rnged from 18-22 ppm
Hardness as CaCO3 ranged from 35-37 ppm
and alkalinity as CaCO3 ranged from 6-8 ppm

 

[DerpPH]

 

pH is a poor indicator of what water suits any fish species, what you really need to know is your water's gH and kH hardness, or even better its TDS value.
 
Is you put some soft water fish in moderately hard (eg. gH 13) water at pH 8, but then bubbled enough carbon dioxide to drop the pH to 7.4, the water would still be too hard for these fish.

All I have is the API freshwater master test kit, and that doesn't have any of those.
However, according to my water supplier's water quality report in 2012:
TDS ranged from 45-88 ppm
Calcium ranged from 12.8-12.9ppm
Magnesium ranged from 1.01-1.09ppm
Sodium ranged from 3.6-3.7ppm
Sulfate as SO4 rnged from 18-22 ppm
Hardness as CaCO3 ranged from 35-37 ppm
and alkalinity as CaCO3 ranged from 6-8 ppm
 

 
THe more Calcium the harder the water.
And same to magnesium.
 
All I can suggest are Threadfin rainbows and Neolamprologus multifasciatus.
 
Threadfins are small.
 
The neolamprologus multifasciatus are the smallest cichlid in the world