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- Levittown, PA
I am rearranging my fish room and will be breeding Apisto's. I will
have 20 tanks just for apisto's and I need to soften my water and
bring the ph down. I have never used a R/O unit nor know too much
about it or softening the water. Could anyone tell me exactly how it works?
What is the difference between 3 chamber, 4 chamber, 5 chambers? Would it be just as good to soften with peat instead of purchasing a R/O unit?
If I use peat how do you know how much to add to your tank so it doesn't drop the hardness like from 7.6 to 6.0 or 5.0 all at once? Is it better to have a drum say with 50 gallons of water, add peat to it then add it to the tanks during water changes or just add the peat to the filter of the tank you need soft?
Do R/O units waste water?
Any comments on which brands work for you and which ones don't?
My ph out of the tap is around 7.6 with a med. hardness.
I was breeding apisto nijsseni but could only get 3 or 4 eggs to
hatch and was told that they needed a lower ph to have more hatch but before I could do that I lost them to bad heater! Now my LFS is getting in
lots of Apisto's and I have been reading so much about them I am
hooked on breeding them again but I have hard water.
have 20 tanks just for apisto's and I need to soften my water and
bring the ph down. I have never used a R/O unit nor know too much
about it or softening the water. Could anyone tell me exactly how it works?
What is the difference between 3 chamber, 4 chamber, 5 chambers? Would it be just as good to soften with peat instead of purchasing a R/O unit?
If I use peat how do you know how much to add to your tank so it doesn't drop the hardness like from 7.6 to 6.0 or 5.0 all at once? Is it better to have a drum say with 50 gallons of water, add peat to it then add it to the tanks during water changes or just add the peat to the filter of the tank you need soft?
Do R/O units waste water?
Any comments on which brands work for you and which ones don't?
My ph out of the tap is around 7.6 with a med. hardness.
I was breeding apisto nijsseni but could only get 3 or 4 eggs to
hatch and was told that they needed a lower ph to have more hatch but before I could do that I lost them to bad heater! Now my LFS is getting in
lots of Apisto's and I have been reading so much about them I am
hooked on breeding them again but I have hard water.