Re: ph & hardness

[Stan Jamrog <fireman@shaysnet.com>]

Nope, just letting water "age" does nothing.  What a lot of discus breeders will
do is get a large 55 gallon #2 HDPE trash container, throw in a filter, or air
stone, a heater, and peat.  This allows for water changes of identical parameters
of the water in the tank, for fish that are very sensitive to chemistry changes,
like discus.  Sorry for not being clearer.  Stan

IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:

> Most folks on this list agree that the peat thing is definitely both easy and
> effective, as well as in some enigmatic way beneficial to the overall
> vitality and breedability of the fish.
>
> I have never heard that just letting water age would drop pH or reduce
> hardness, except when that water is in a "living" system involving both flora
> and fauna.
>
> Bob Dixon
>
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