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- From: wmack@en.ecn.purdue.edu (William J Mack)
- Subject: (F) Lowering the ph, softening the water...
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 20:53:46 GMT
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- Another distilled water question again. Does anyone see any pitfalls using
- DW mixed in with my conditioned tap water when doing water changes in order to
- aquire softer water with a lower pH in the tank. My pH is about 7.8+ and the
- water is hard (I dont know the exact hardnesses). When I tested the DW, it
- gave 6.6. I guess what I really want to do is to lower my tap waters buffering
- capacity, since getting the pH down is not as easy as just adding some pH down.
- Would using peat in my aquaclear be a better idea? Any comments or suggestions
- would be appreciated. Thanks
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- Bill Mack "If you expect me to be an expert on the
- School of Electrical Engineering fundamentals while I'm asking a fundamental
- Purdue University question....then fine, I'll pretend to be one"
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