frothhelmet
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If you have hard water and use CO2 to decrease pH for fish used to soft/acid water is this an improvement to their environment?
. . but any amount of co2 will not soften the water, it just compounds the issue. . Water courses in nature vary in ph throughout the day anywayYou'll need to inject more, the harder the water is. Depending how hard, could be lethal to livestock.
You'd be best to purchase RO water or an RO machine.
. . but any amount of co2 will not soften the water, it just compounds the issue. . Water courses in nature vary in ph throughout the day anyway
totally agree. Plus you get much more natural behaviour, such as courtship dancing, reproduction and a much happier longer life.Yeah, it won't soften, but will lower ph, if only very slightly.
Which is why I advised to go RO route, as the softer water is better all round.
Better fish health (in soft water species of course), better plant growth apparently, less Co2 required to reach optimal levels, so less refills, no scum marks around the rim.