Thank you so much for your response, Darrel! I'm a lurker on UKAPS and have noted your useful input there, I've learned a lot from you. The rain here has been far less than usual the past year or so, in any case isn't it essentially RO in that it also needs remineralised? As I already have the RO un...

Thanks for taking the time to respond, Bas Pels- I do appreciate it. Unfortunately my tap water is not safe (I won't even drink it myself) and I cannot use it at all in my aquarium, as I explained at some length already. I live in an extremely rural part of Ireland and water quality issues are very ...

I'm new to this forum. I have a 90 liter tank, heavily planted with a thick sand cap over organic soil, with 10 healthy and happy young Corydoras Pygmaeus. I am crazy about the little guys. They share their space with several large Amano shrimp and the whole tank seems to be doing very well. My ques...