soft water?

[twistedimage92]

i filled my tank with soft water... how much does that matter and how can i make it hard if need be for cichlids?

 

[Orion]

Is this what your tap water is?

 

[wayne]

What cichlids?

 

[twistedimage92]

yea we have an inline water softner on all the water in our house...

 

[Orion]

wayne- This is his stocking thread

Do you have water tests? If so whats the pH, kH and gH of the water after the softener? Can you test it before the softener?

What about seting up a bypass around the water softener, is this possible?

 

[twistedimage92]

the incoming pipe is very short out of the ground before the softner... i could get some water from the neighor i guess...

 

[wayne]

Ooh ,I don't like inline water softenenrs - they just swap ions from ones you test for to ones you don't.

 

[Orion]

Ooh ,I don't like inline water softenenrs - they just swap ions from ones you test for to ones you don't.

LOL, your kidding me I hope.

 

[twistedimage92]

i think that the softner should be just to the pipes that go to the showers wish i could turn it off too because it makes it feel like the soap is still on you

 

[wayne]

No, most of them use ion exchange rather than ion removal. . They usually use table salt to swap Ca and Mg for more soluble Na.

You didn't know that? Anyway it's a real vexation if you're trying to breed tetras or so on

 

[Orion]

No I had no idea. Only time I've lived in a place with really hard water was when I was just a wee thing. For the past 25 or so years every where I've lived has either had soft, or medium water. Never had to mess with a softner.

I'd say it can be quite the pain. Nothing more than spinning your wheels and going no where fast.

Twisted- do you have the testing kits so you can test you water so we know more what your working with?

Wayne- Since the traditional methods of testing are not going to be accurate, is there any other way to tell about how hard or soft the water really is? Will the softener flub both the gh and kh tests, or just one of them?

 

[LongTime]

No, most of them use ion exchange rather than ion removal. . They usually use table salt to swap Ca and Mg for more soluble Na.

You didn't know that? Anyway it's a real vexation if you're trying to breed tetras or so on

Mine uses potassium instead of salt. My fish, including the tetras, seem to enjoy it The colors are good and so is the activity level. However, I must admit, I have not tried to breed my tetras in it.