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I know their basic water chemistry needs as I am familiar with tank cycling and healthy aquatic parameters.

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate <20
pH not crazy

Now my questions are mainly, what about GH and kH? I have incredibly soft water: zeros across the board. I am familiar with making adjustments with additives since I raise shrimp and freshwater fish.

So what parameters should I aim for?
 
Axies prefer hard water - both GH and KH should be reasonable high - GH>6, KH>4 if not higher.

Holtfreters is popular to raise both, but if you have experience you should be able to figure it out.
 
kH >4 is high! But that's totally doable. I add Sodium Bicarbonate and Potassium Sulfate (K2SO4) Calcium Sulfate (CaSO4) Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4), which seems more like Steinberg's Solution, so it'll work.
 
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