softing with peat

[catfishmike]

does anyone have a formula for making soft water with peat.i am going to begin softing my water with peat and i was wondering if there is a recommended ratio of peat to gallons of water.i have an 84 gal. tank if thats any help.any repiles are appreceated.

 

[AmazonTankz]

Hey, Fluvel makes peat fiber and peat granules for their filters, I bet if you look on the back of those packages there be some kind of formula. They come in smaller blue boxs, kinda hard to find at a lfs sometimes.

 

[catfishmike]

nah i checked that already it doesn't say much.heck after i read those boxes i had more questions than i started with

 

[depthC]

I actually bought fluval peat, but was that a mistake. It was expensive and i could of got the same thing at a gardening center or even a hardware store. Im not sure as of how much to use per gallon but ive hear that some people even use it as a subtrate and others just put some in a old net in their power filter.

- depthC

 

[Jawz]

yeh im sure u can find peat at liek walmart or any garden center, ive seen it around, Ull proubly wanna give it a rinse before u put it in the filter. I might be thinkin of doin this soon. But it turns ur water yellowish too

 

[catfishmike]

home depot $3.38 for a good sized bag.i'm not too worried about the color,cause i'm going for the blackwater look anyways.yea peat is some messy stuff,i have already started on adding peat. when i was loading the media bag the other night,afterwards i felt my nose tickle so i went and blew my nose and all this peat dust came out. gross huh?