Yes, it does. Thanks Eric! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <Reed927@cs.com> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: Aga Members List (fwd) > No you do not have to use RO water. Depending on the quality of your tap > water you may want to fill your tank initially with tap to get started then > later when doing partial water changes you could use RO water. RO water has > virtually no minerals so you would need to add a reconstituting agent if you > use pure RO in the beginning. I have found that plants grow better in softer > and more neutral to acidic water. Much tap water is hard with slight > tendency to the basic side. Some plants such as Val may grow OK in harder > water but most seem to better in softer/acidic water. Hope this helps. > Eric > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com > with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of > this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/ > ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/