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Re: reducing water hardness for breeding discus
At 05:34 PM 1/24/99 -0800, you wrote:
>in dallas,tx water is hard...approx 200pm...am looking for an inexpensive
>way to reduce the hardess thakinginto accoun multiple water changes of
>30% or more are performed per week, thanks, russ
Move somewhere with softer water. ;^)>
No method of reducing hardness is cheap. Ion exchange (commercial water
softener) is your best bet. Most cichlids tolerate a trace of salt ok.
Discus are an exception.
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Dave Gomberg, San Francisco mailto:gomberg@wcf.com
http://www.wcf.com/co2iron
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