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Re:Peat and soft water

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re:Peat and soft water
From: Harvey Schneider <harvsch at earthlink_net>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 06:45:12 -0500
References: <199903190848.DAA00109 at acme_actwin.com>

> It basically comes to a chemical equation were acid +base = salt + water
> The acid is found in the peat and the base is the KH of the water.  Hope
> this helps without going into great detail.
>
> Dennis
>
I  believe that the acid of the peat actually reacts with the metallic ion of the
carbonate (CaCO3) compound leaving the carbonate to form carbonic acid H2CO3 which
dissociates into CO2 and H2O. The CO2 bubbles away leaving soft water.

Harvey Schneider

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