too hard for mbuna??

[FishoPhile J]

simple question: can water be too hard for mbuna? a friend in Ga has well water with a hardness that is "off the charts" (tetra gh test kit), he's wondering if he would need to treat the h2o before adding fish, i told him it should be fine, but i thought i'd check with the experts before giving bad advice...
thanx,
-j.

[Scotty]

They should love it. Most farm raised Africans are bred in ponds in Florida. The limestone in the Floridan Aquifer there makes the water like liquid rock :!: If your friend is in Georgia, especially the southern part of the state, he's probably also drawing from a limestone well. There's always the tried and true method of initially putting two or three inexpensive fish in first and observing them for a while. Hope this helps....Scott 8)