>>Adrian my water seems to be much like yours yet, I must use a calcium additive
>>or I will see deformities.
>Adrian wrote:
>No, I don't think the pH is causing the deformities either. Personally I
>think you probably need to add some new blood into your group?
>Personally, without getting too deep into the discussion ;-) (I know this is
>a soft point for some) but I really don't think calcium is the problem. I
>tried adding a calcium and vitamin C supplementation to the diet of
>G.maculosus some years ago that were having spinal deformities but it didn't
>make any difference.
I've never before heard that a Calcium deficite would cause deformities. Even
in man deformities are caused by a lack of Vitamine D. However, there is
still a discussion going on if you should add it or not. Chris, how much
Calcium do you have in your tap water? I have an average of 37 ppm in my
water and no problems with deformities. You also add Calcium with the
food. The only reason for me to use Calcium is to stabilize the pH as I
have very soft tap water.
Harro