Understanding Water Hardness (from PFK)

[Byron]

In the current Practical Fishkeeping there is a general but quite good explanation of why water hardness is so important to fish; here's the link.

Understanding water hardness

Water hardness — not the most exciting of subjects to try and fully understand. The extensive amount of terminology makes the subject seem endless and confusing in equal measure.

www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

 

[ClownLurch]

Good spot Byron.
Should be pinned up in PAH.

 

[kribensis12]

Very insightful! Thanks for that!

 

[Tez_20]

In the current Practical Fishkeeping there is a general but quite good explanation of why water hardness is so important to fish; here's the link.

We have hard water here and my tanks full of nutrition because when i've had shrimp in the past they used to shed their skin constant.

It doesn't help regarding house taps though with lime scale