Re: water hardness

[JerrCarol@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/4/01 7:05:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, zerelli@yahoo.com writes:


> That is exactly what I did with my discus pairs. THey
> started around 175 or so hardness on a TDS-1 (from
> ThreeGuysAquatics got a great price). I used straight
> RO to do water changes until I got the hardness in
> line. THe relationship with RO and tap mixing seems
> strange. For instance, water at 175 changed 50% with
> straight RO and the hardness did not get halved. Not
> gonna figure out the chemistry just wanted you to know
> what to expect.


       Thanks much for all replies. Sometimes my logic does come out okay. But not always. So I wanted to check before I kill any fish. It's always good to hear from those with experience. Speaking of Discus. I was talking to a guy who keeps discus in declorinated tap water. He says he has no problem with that. I guess he's not trying to breed them but, I was surprised I didn't think they would survive. The tap water here in Philly is what they call med. hard. And get this part the water company sent me a water report and it said that the Philadelphia tap water SHOULD be all right for human consumption. That made me feel good. lol
                                                             JerryB