Hi everyone,
I did a lot of research on using softened water in an aquarium. We have rock hard water here in this part of Pa. We had to go this route as we went through 2 dishwashers in 3 years and most of the faucets were becoming no good.
We curently use the basic Morton salt. No pellets and it is the Sodium chloride(blue bag). I am looking into switching to either pellets or potasium chloride salt, but have to see if my system will be able to use it.Plus the potasium is a lot more..but it would actually help the planted tank out.
I have to state, that my tank and the fish in it are as normal. I read a lot of forums and so many posters said they use the faucet to the outside of the house(in the winter also) which is before the softened water because of the sodium chloride would be harmful to the aquarium Fish and plants. I felt after reading about it that the amount of salt in not that much put into the water. I read if you drink the required water per day, the salt in the water would be 3% of your total allowance.
I recently have started a 10 gallon planted. I read also that this water was not good for plants. Again, I am seeing no negative results so far.
I just thought I would state this as I am not sure if anyone else ever had a question about using softened water in your aquarium.
I did a lot of research on using softened water in an aquarium. We have rock hard water here in this part of Pa. We had to go this route as we went through 2 dishwashers in 3 years and most of the faucets were becoming no good.
We curently use the basic Morton salt. No pellets and it is the Sodium chloride(blue bag). I am looking into switching to either pellets or potasium chloride salt, but have to see if my system will be able to use it.Plus the potasium is a lot more..but it would actually help the planted tank out.
I have to state, that my tank and the fish in it are as normal. I read a lot of forums and so many posters said they use the faucet to the outside of the house(in the winter also) which is before the softened water because of the sodium chloride would be harmful to the aquarium Fish and plants. I felt after reading about it that the amount of salt in not that much put into the water. I read if you drink the required water per day, the salt in the water would be 3% of your total allowance.
I recently have started a 10 gallon planted. I read also that this water was not good for plants. Again, I am seeing no negative results so far.
I just thought I would state this as I am not sure if anyone else ever had a question about using softened water in your aquarium.