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Re: reducing water hardness for breeding discus
In a message dated 1/26/99 8:48:04 PM Mountain Standard Time,
BigJohnW@webtv.net writes:
> 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.
Yep. It really does. SOmehow the things that come out of the peat will bind
the minerals in the water and then... I don't know exactly. I think it forces
them to precipitate.
Bob Dixon
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