Re: [APD] adding VINEGAR

["Richard J. Sexton" <richard at aquaria_net>]

At 08:38 AM 23/09/2005 +0530, you wrote:
>Before some time, there was an idea suggested of adding vinegar to 
>aquarium water,
>in order to help reduce algae, or ? as a source of co2.
>
>How does it work?

Somebody a while back thought their plant growth was being
hindered by the extremely hard water they were using. So,
they used vinegar to knock the pH down to 7 and apparantly
got better plant growth.

I have very hard water too and don't seem to need it.


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