Breeding white clouds in hard water?

[TJ _isme]

Can you breed white cloud mountain minnows in hard water? The water is 300 tds, is this suitable for breeding the white cloud minnows? All advice is welcome!

[Tony s]

They should do just fine. They’re rated as medium to hard water fish. 
 

The other thing I wanted to comment on, a real test for gh and kh would be better than a tds meter. TDS also reads myriad other things in the water and won’t give you an accurate reading for hardness. Better would be the liquid drops from Sera. This is also one of the areas the coop strips are insufficient. Gh or kh in hard water is not accurate from them.

[TJ _isme]

On 4/19/2024 at 11:57 PM, Tony s said:

They should do just fine. They’re rated as medium to hard water fish. 
 

The other thing I wanted to comment on, a real test for gh and kh would be better than a tds meter. TDS also reads myriad other things in the water and won’t give you an accurate reading for hardness. Better would be the liquid drops from Sera. This is also one of the areas the coop strips are insufficient. Gh or kh in hard water is not accurate from them.

Would I be able to use the api gh and kh test kit? Or is the sera one slot better?

[Tony s]

I like the sera. But api should be fine. 
 

the other thing to think about. For most fish. Hard water is not an issue. Fish are very adaptable. But Some species can’t adapt well to it. Like discus. Apistogramma. And German rams. 
 

most places in the US have hard water. Yet we still raise fish just fine.