I think there would be lots of things you could try, but honestly, I think partial water changes would be easiet and provide more control than most. Steve Olson > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:31:12 -0500 (GMT-05:00) > From: cowherd2@earthlink.net > Subject: [AGA-Member] Re: AGA-Member Digest, Vol 21, > Issue 6 > To: aga-member@thekrib.com > Message-ID: > > <32405277.1143145872730.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I read in one of the last "Aquatic Gardener" that > plants suck out hardness turning the water soft and > this causes problems. So what is the easiest > solution? Can you simple start with a substrate > that has the right minerals in it? Can you add some > rock or substrate to the filter so as it slowly > dissolves the water does not become soft? > > Hope you all don't think this is too dumb a > question. > > Frank Cowherd > in SOuthern Maryland __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ AGA-Member mailing list AGA-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-member