Given these numbers, will fish such as cherry barbs, rosy barbs, dwarf gouramis, swordtails, or platies be adversely affected?
< All the fish you have picked are captive bred in Asia and will do fine in your water.> Gina Sandford’s “The Tropical Aquarium Mini Encyclopedia” lists all of these fish as preferring “soft to slightly hard” water, and these levels are beyond the “moderately hard” range. < The livebearers will actually thrive in the harder water. The barbs really don't care. The gourami might be picked on by the barbs thinking that his long ventral feelers are actually worms for them to eat.
