Soft water fish
Species that tolerate lower dGH / softer water conditions.
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Rhamphichthys marmoratus
Marbled Sand Eel +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 10–20
Rhodeus sericeus
Bitterling +1
Temp 10–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–20
Roestes ogilviei
Ogilvie's Sabretooth Characin +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 10–20
L 074
Chubby Pleco +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–7dGH 3–8
L 141
L141 Pleco +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–7dGH 5–12
Hassar iheringeri
Spotfin Hassar +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–15
Otocinclus hoppei
Dwarf Suckermouth +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–7dGH 4–12
Lda39 hypostomus
Hypostomus pleco +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–7dGH 10–25
Macrognathus mastacembelus
Spiny Eel +2
Temp 24–29°CpH 7–8dGH 5–15
Mastacembelus cf
Spiny Eel +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–8dGH 10–20
Myleus rubripinnis
Red Hook Silver Dollar +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–20
Nandopsis friedrichsthalii
Yellow Jacket Cichlid +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 7–8dGH 8–14
Nandopsis urophthalmus
Mayan Cichlid +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 7–8dGH 8–20
Protopterus aethiopicus
Marbled Lungfish +1
Temp 24–29°CpH 5–6dGH 3–10
Pseudocorynopoma doriae
Tail-light Tetra
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 10–20
Tatia perugiae
Perugiae Woodcat +1
Temp 24–29°CpH 6–7dGH 5–19
Telmatherina sarasinorum
Sarasin's rainbowfish +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–16
Hemiodopsis goeldii
Goeldi's Hemiodus
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 16–30
L 047
Mango Pleco +1
Temp 24–29°CpH 6–7dGH 6–11
Hemichromis cristatus
Humphead Jewel Cichlid +1
Temp 22–28°CpH 6–7dGH 5–15
L 022
L022 Pleco +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–7dGH 3–14
Sturisoma aureum
Golden Whiptail Catfish +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–12
Micropoecilia parae
Swamp Guppy +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–7dGH 10–20
L 120
Black Spotted Pleco +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 6–7dGH 8–20
Pao leiurus
Fahaka Puffer +2
Temp 22–28°CpH 6–8dGH 8–18
Pangio semicinctus
Dwarf Banded Kuhli Loach +2
Temp 22–28°CpH 6–7dGH 5–15
Poecilia obscura
Yucatán Molly +1
Temp 22–28°CpH 6–8dGH 10–25
Poecilia velifera
Sailfin Molly +1
Temp 24–30°CpH 7–8dGH 10–30
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus
Redtail Catfish
Temp 22–28°CpH 5–7dGH 5–20
Raiamas ansorgii
Ansorge's Barb
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–15
Microglanis iheringi
Ihering's Bumblebee Catfish +2
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 3–8
Crenicichla marmorata
Marbled Pike Cichlid +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–12
Sicyopterus sicydium
Sicydian Goby +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–15
Helostoma temminckii
Kissing Gourami +1
Temp 22–28°CpH 6–7dGH 2–20
Trichogaster pectoralis
Snakeskin Gourami
Temp 22–30°CpH 5–8dGH 5–20
Synodontis eburneensis
Eborough Synodontis +1
Temp 22–25°CpH 5–6dGH 5–15