[kwirky]

I haul in reverse osmosis/deionized water for my saltwater reef tank from the city but I thought our hard well water would be great for african cichlids. It tests at a dkh of 24. the pH is 8.0-8.1 in a little 10g community tank we have. This would work great right? the dkh isn't too high?

 

[why_spyder]

Malawians like "liquid rock" water - pretty much the harder you can get it, the better.

 

[Dave]

Nothing wrong with the hardness or pH.

 

[Fogelhund]

As the others have said, your water is perfectly fine for Malawians, they are fairly accepting of a variety of conditions.

Lake Malawi actually doesn't have very hard water, though it is alkaline.