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Re: reducing water hardness for breeding discus
At 09:53 PM 1/26/99 -0500, John Wubbolt wrote:
>As far as I know using peat through your filter will lower the pH in
>your tank, but I don't think it actually lowers the hardness. You need
>to remove ions from minerals in your water to lower the hardness.
John has this exactly right. For low conductivity fishes you need RO and
that costs. The extra water is NOT wasted, it can be used for flushing,
clothes washing, showering and gardening. But you do need an RO unit.
These cost $100-200. If you skip the unit you will not breed the sensitive
fish. Dave
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Dave Gomberg, San Francisco mailto:gomberg@wcf.com
http://www.wcf.com/co2iron
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