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How do you control the hardness and softness of the water in a aquarium?
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∙ 14y ago
The best way is to control the harness and softness of the source water for the aquarium. If you need soft water, then use a water softener or reverse osmosis machine to lower the water hardness. If you need your water harder, then you can purchase remineralizing compounds that you can mix with water change water and then add to your tank. You can find remineralizers at www.bigalsonline.com. Look under Water Treatment > Ph Regulators & Buffers. I recommend Kent's R/O Right.
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What would you have to do to control the hardness or softness of water in a aquarium?
Yeah.... uh.... get a freaking filter!
How do you control the hardness or softness of the water in the aquarium?
There are two ways to help control water hardness: use a packaged water softener or use a mechanical water softening unit. Packaged water softeners are chemicals that help control water hardness.
What would you have to do to control the softness of the water in the aquarium?
Yeah.... uh.... get a freaking filter!
How do you control the hardness or softness of aquarium water?
There are crystals available in many pet shops that can be placed in a filter to remove hardness. To increase hardness you can add sea shells. To neutralise the water you can get 'Neutralising blocks'. If you are really keen you can use a reverse osmosis filter to remove all the hardness (and other impurities) from the water and then add all the required chemicals to make the water exactly what a specific species requires.
What is hardness and softness in a aquarium?
Water hardness or softness refer to a number of water parameters. Most commonly hardness refers to what known as General Hardness(GH), which is basically a measure of the calcium and magnesium salts present in water. There is also Carbonate hardness(KH), which is a measure of the carbonate concentration of the water. Combined, these two form Total Hardness, ie, GH + KH = TH
What control the pH of the water?
It depends on the softness or hardness, soft water e.g amazon river is acidic so below pH 7 and is caused by things like decaying vegetation and the elements present in the surroundings. Hard water e.g african lakes are alkali so above pH 7, this is again caused by surrounding areas and elements such as calcium which make it alkali. In the aquarium it can be controlled by chemicals which you can buy at pet shops.
What do you have to do to control the pH of the water in the aquarium?
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How do you lower the general hardness in a salt water aquarium?
you cant lower the general harndess of a saltwater aquarium. Why would you even want to?
What would you have to do to control the PH of the water in the aquarium?
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What would have to do to control the oxygen level in aquarium water?
You can control the oxygen through aeration
Should a domestic water softener be able to give 100 percent soft water or will there always be a little hardness to the water?
It will lower the softness sufficiently. You wouldn't want 100% soft water, you won't like the taste or the amount of sodium in it.
Why wont the shampoo rinse out of your hair?
This can be a problem if you have very "soft" water. Water "hardness" or "softness" is determined by the amount and types of minerals dissolved in the water. In areas with "hard" water, many people purchase "water softeners" which remove some minerals and replace them with others.
