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Re: deionized vs RO
- To: KillieTalk at aka_org
- Subject: Re: deionized vs RO
- From: Jennifer Greene <jgreene at jimmy_harvard.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:12:01 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <199906241928.PAA08160 at acme_actwin.com> from "KillieTalk Digest" at Jun 24, 99 03:28:01 pm
> From: LeeH920226 at aol_com
> Subject: Re: deionized vs RO
> perhaps not as pure so the pH is more stable. Neither is very good for
> keeping fish because of the lack of any buffering capacity. Most people that
> use either one or rain water (my preference), use 50/50 or 80/20 or 90/10
> mixtures with their tap water to achieve the goal pH and hardness.
Which assumes that the tapwater itself isn't low hardness. What does
one add if the tapwater has extremely low hardness? I have been
adding calcium tablets, but I'm not sure that that is doing I hope
it is doing (making the ph more stable).
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Jennifer L. Greene . jgreene at jimmy_dfci.harvard.edu . jgreene at killi_net
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