Demoniac38
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Can anyone tell me what a paddletail would prefer the water hardness to be? We are on a well-system here and our water is on the hard side. I appreciate any input.
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Water Hardness
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There isn't much information anywhere on the hardness preferences of specific species. P. labiatus comes from mountain streams, which could vary in hardness depending on the type of rocks and amount of rainfall locally. Based on personal experience with many newts (no paddletails), I would say newts are quite adaptable to whatever the water hardness is. I certainly have hard water, and have no trouble keeping and breeding various newts.
Demoniac38
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The closest thing I could find was John's axolotl page saying something about axies prefering harder water. The water here is about a 10 on the German scale. Jenn, I appreciate the information, as always. How hard is your water?
For conversion info, I found these sites useful:
http://www.fcwa.org/water/hardness.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_water
According to the info on Wikipedia, 10 degrees on the German scale would be 71 mg/L.
My tap water tests at about 3-4 grains (about 60-70 mg/L) and pH 8.0.
http://www.fcwa.org/water/hardness.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_water
According to the info on Wikipedia, 10 degrees on the German scale would be 71 mg/L.
My tap water tests at about 3-4 grains (about 60-70 mg/L) and pH 8.0.
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