What water hardness?

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What water hardness?

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What should the exact hardness be ideally for DPs?
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DPs are not picky on hardness, assuming you mean GH, calcium and magnesium hardness. The KH, carbonate/bicarbonate hardness, is best high enough to give relative stability between water changes - but that applies to most puffers.
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Thanks :)
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