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Again question on water hardness and fish needs as well as ph crash

anewbie

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So Mrs. Google thinks that if i recycle water and rerun it through ro with base tds of 20 i will eventually get ph crash as low as ph 3 and kill off all the bacteria causing the fishes to die. In addition despite fishes coming from native water with ec 20 that the fishes will die from osmoic shock (long term) and lack of mineral to build bones.

So i guess there a few questions here:
Can the ph actually get too low to sustain the fishes or would the fishes be harmed if the ph fluxtuated between 3 and 6
Do the fishes require trace minerals to build bones et all and would this requirement extend beyond fish food provided
Is Mrs. google full of it and can be safely ignore as spitting out non-sense ?
 

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