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	is a water softener bd for my fish?
divertran Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004	Hi all. Just a quick question. I just bought a house and am still moving in. Am still planning the fish move, will prolly hit it tomorrow or Saturday. Poor fishies all alone... Anyways, the nouse has a water softener i it. Will the water have any affect on the fish? I really don't even know how they work, only that they require salt which I don't like. Anyways will it be bad? Please help. Thanks all
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	It depends on what type of fish you keep. If you keep South American or Central american fish then it is excellent! If African lake cichlids or another fish from around there then you might want to see what you can do to harden it up. It really does depend on the fish you keep. But if you do keep mainly South American fish then you hit the jackpot Last edited by Tetra Fan at 23-Nov-2005 07:12
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Give us a list of all the fish you have and then a correct wise answer can be given. Have a look in [link=My Profile]http:// www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/profile.asp?userid=6741" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link] for my tank info [link=Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tanks]http://photobucket.com/albums/b209/keithgh/Betta%20desktop%20tank/" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link] Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
divertran Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004	OK, I'm sorry I overlooked that. In the small tank is a male betta. The large tank contains a pair of yo-yos, a lone molly, a rubbernosed pleco, a nice pair of blue dwarf gouramis and a school of harlequin rasboras. nothing exotic, no cichlids of any kind. thanks for your replies
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	The molly would definitely prefer some harder, salt (not necessarily sodium) fortified water.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	What does the water softener bring your ph and gh down to? We have a water softener too but the water still comes out of the tap at a ph of 8-9. We're sitting on a base of limestone rock with a limestone quarry up stream of our water source. With a water softener my water is still quite hard for softwater fish. I've never noticed a problem with the salt the softener adds but I wouldn't add any aquarium salt to the tanks. In another place a water softener might drop the ph down to 6 or less and the gh to 1-2degrees instead.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
divertran Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004	I dunno, still in the process of movin in. haven't really unpacked the fish stuff or test kit yet.
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