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Re: Newbie Questions
Haines wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IDMiamiBob@aol.com <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
> Date: October 28, 1997 12:19 AM
> Subject: Re: Newbie Questions
>
> >.Do I lose the plastic plants because they are tacky or do they have
> some
> affect on my water quality? They are a brand new addition. I do have
> some
> nice floating water sprite, rooted cabomba and amazon sword.
> I have purchased something on recommendation of my FFS (*favourite*
> fish
> store) called Water Softener Pillow. Haven't tried it yet but it
> appears to
> be temporary - active for 48 hrs. Can be recharged up to 4 times and
> costs
> $8.00 (Cdn.) on sale. Way over my budget to be used on regular
> basis. It
> was recommended as a temporary measure because my Angels are spawning.
>
> Anybody any experience with this sort of thing?
> I was using an ancient Axelrod reference for sci. names - I guess the
> microgeophagus ramirezi has gone through some name changes. By the
> way, I
> just got a brand new reference book for my birthday - "Complete Book
> of
> Dwarf Cichlids" by Hans Richter. Wahoo! And they say diamonds are a
> girl's
> best friend!
>
> Heather
>
> >My understanding is that water softener pillow can be recharged more
> than four times as long as you replace the solution that you store the
> pillow in. It is only aquarium salt and water. From what I read in
> the FAQ on the news group it isn't that affective because it adds salt
> to the aquarium. The fish that likes soft water usually don't like
> the salt in the water and the pillow to small to be effective but I
> myself add a small amount of salt to help the fishes slime covering.
> 2 tbsp of salt per 10 gal. I not sure if this is true it only what I
> read.
Peat filtering seems to be more effective. What does the rest of the
group think? I am only a newbie myself!
> Tank has tetras, Dwarf gourami, danios and a plecostomus. 20 gal., 78
> F, ph 7, water is soft.