RE: Altering Water

["Eric Martina" <emartina@uiuc.edu>]

I am not an expert on RO units, but I am pretty sure that they do not effect
pH. I use a RO unit right now and the water that it makes is very soft,
around 10 ppm, but the pH is very high, around 8.2. I use chemicals to lower
the pH. You can also filter your water through peat, it will stain the water
a bit though. Which is why I don't use peat. My tank is right next to my
girlfriends tank that she keeps very clear. If I use peat and stain the
water it just looks bad next hers.

Eric

>The main reason for my present inquiry is I'm looking for ideas on how
>to best get water I need to age into a tank.  The situation.. I picked
>up 10 Altum Angels at a great deal.  However, the water company raised
>the pH so now I need to alter it.  I'm looking into an RO/DI unit for
>that because the chemicals are just getting annoying.



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