can i keep clown loaches at tds 10 ?

[anewbie]

Can i keep clown loaches in blackwater conditions around 10 to 20 tds or do they require additional minerals ?

These days google search engine is completely broken via 'ai' which spits out non-sense - still it raises some concerns. For myself it is just easier to straight ro water but i wanted to make sure the fishes didn't have some requirement for higher mineral content before moving them to this environment.

If they do require higher mineral i can mix it with tap and target either 50 or 100. Slightly higher on the gh side of things then kh.

Thanks,

[zgleason]

They should be fine at very low TDS as long as the water is stable and still has enough GH for normal osmoregulation. I'd be more concerned about keeping a small amount of calcium and magnesium in the water than chasing a specific TDS number. If you're using pure RO, remineralizing to a modest GH is probably the safest long-term approach. music games

[jameslauren34]

I’d be a little wary of going as low as 10 TDS long-term; I’d probably give them at least some GH/minerals rather than running straight RO, with 50-ish TDS being a safer starting point. paper io