RedwoodLion

Thank you everyone, this is all very helpful! Especially the explanation from tolstoy21. I love keeping cories and bristlenose in my tanks but mostly I keep live bearers and anabantoids. Maybe I'll do some reading on apistos or rams, could be fun in the future. The gouramis at least should do well enough without too much extra chemistry work, they seem to tolerate anything I through at them lol.

That's good to hear. My we've been exited to be able to set up a tank for my dad without him having to fuss around with water conditioner and such. We're in California and the well is one of the cleanest ones in our rural area of according to the guys at the lab.

I see, thank you. That clarifies some things for sure. For live bearers I'm guessing this would need to be boosted both in PH as well as KH/GH but for fish like a gourami or betta this would be fine? Of course I do plan to take my test kit up there when they get the keys but since my dad sent me the report I figured I'd try to see what I could get from it. I am by no means a scientist though! 😄

Hello folks, brand new to the forum with only a couple of years experience. In the process of my parents buying a new house they had to get a test done on the well (the house is off grid and all water is from a well). I know how to read an aquarium test strip but these water results are a little confusing here and there. I was wondering if someone would be able to interpret them into the usual KH and GH and such? Sorry if this isn't the right place for this thread and thanks in advance!