Re: [Killietalk] What's in my water

[Brian Watters <bwatters at shaw_ca>]

Typical household water softeners simply exchange the Ca and Mg ions in the
water for Na ions so the resultant water is not generally suitable for use
in aquaria.
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Brian Watters
6141 Parkwood Drive
Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6A2, Canada
Tel: (250) 760-0564
E-mail: bwatters at shaw_ca

> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces+bwatters=shaw_ca at aka.org
> [mailto:killietalk-bounces+bwatters=shaw_ca at aka.org]On Behalf Of Allan
> Semeit
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:31 PM
> To: AKA KillieTalk
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] What's in my water
>
>
> As Wright has pointed out, using water high in sodium chloride
> (from a water
> softner) is a good way to kill your plants.  I can testify that Java moss
> turns brown and dies quickly in such water (one of my outside
> faucets turned
> out to be hooked up to the house's water softner).  My fish
> didn't seem to
> appreciate the "softened" water either.  Where needed, I now add
> RO water to
> our "liquid concrete".
>
> Allan from Arizona
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:57:51 -0600
> From: "Ryan Deal" <iamtherealdeal at hotmail_com>
> Subject: [Killietalk]  What's in my water
> To: killietalk at aka_org
>
> What about water from a home water softener system.
>
> Would that give you good "soft" and/or low tds water to use for your fish?
>
> Ryan
>

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