ladybones718
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Hanuman and others here think it’s not a great idea to use it in a soft water tank. So I’m going err on the side of caution and stop.
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I accidentally salted my assassin snails with EI ferts
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Hanuman and others here think it’s not a great idea to use it in a soft water tank. So I’m going err on the side of caution and stop.
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I also think that any CaCO3 based product would be less than ideal, since you would have an osmotic shock with every water change, removing hard water and adding soft water, then having it harden slowly over the week.
I don't know of an alternative to raise KH, I don't have access to potassium bicarbonate and my understanding is that KH aquarium products are basically sodium bicarbonate in a fancy package.
That's why it worries me to consider sodium bicarbonate as unsafe, I need to raise KH for my shrimps, or so I'm told.
I don't know of an alternative to raise KH, I don't have access to potassium bicarbonate and my understanding is that KH aquarium products are basically sodium bicarbonate in a fancy package.
That's why it worries me to consider sodium bicarbonate as unsafe, I need to raise KH for my shrimps, or so I'm told.
Hi all,
I'm guessing that Assassin Snails (Clea (Anetome) helena) aren't too bothered by 50 ppm sodium (Na). They don't <"survive in soft water"> long term.
Having said that it does depend on the fish and the plants, soft water organisms don't tend to do well in <"water with much sodium in it"> and I try to limit its level in the tank.
cheers Darrel
I'm guessing that Assassin Snails (Clea (Anetome) helena) aren't too bothered by 50 ppm sodium (Na). They don't <"survive in soft water"> long term.
Limestone aquifers often supply water with <"quite a lot of sodium, and if those limestones formed in evaporite basins?>" They can be very salt(s) rich. Lake Tanganyika, for example, would be <"pretty sodium rich">.
Having said that it does depend on the fish and the plants, soft water organisms don't tend to do well in <"water with much sodium in it"> and I try to limit its level in the tank.
cheers Darrel
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