I am trying to create a Costa Rica biotope with A. multispinosa, Poecillia mexicana, and eventually a pair of Cryptoheros.
Is the usual method of buffering with baking soda and epsom salt acceptable long term? I can't help but feel that something is missing. In the past, wild type livebearers did not do well for me. I attribute a lot of the problems I had to water hardness. I am concerned the Poecillia mexicana will not do well if the water is not sufficiently "hard".
Edited to add my water values:
PH-6.5
GH-1 to 3
KH- 1 to 3
TDS- 150-250
Is the usual method of buffering with baking soda and epsom salt acceptable long term? I can't help but feel that something is missing. In the past, wild type livebearers did not do well for me. I attribute a lot of the problems I had to water hardness. I am concerned the Poecillia mexicana will not do well if the water is not sufficiently "hard".
Edited to add my water values:
PH-6.5
GH-1 to 3
KH- 1 to 3
TDS- 150-250