Discus

[tfish]

Will having a water softner may discus water guality good and along with peet.

 

[phreakyfaerie]

welcome to MFK. peat will stain your water kinda tea colored, but i'm not sure about the water softener. i have discus and no softener, and no problems

 

[Dkarc]

Just use the peat if you want too...avoid the water softner as it adds a lot of salt into the water...and the salt that is added has resins in it because the salt is in either pellet or block form. What is your pH once it has agedd (aerated) for 24 hours?? Most of the time, you dont need things like peat to change the water chemisty...discus can thrive in a pH from 5.0 up to 8.2 with ease. Hardness doesnt matter either.

-Ryan

 

[DeLgAdO]

Just use the peat if you want too...avoid the water softner as it adds a lot of salt into the water...and the salt that is added has resins in it because the salt is in either pellet or block form. What is your pH once it has agedd (aerated) for 24 hours?? Most of the time, you dont need things like peat to change the water chemisty...discus can thrive in a pH from 5.0 up to 8.2 with ease. Hardness doesnt matter either.

-Ryan

correct me if im wrong

but water softeners trade calcium and magnesium ions for sodium ions right?

and that why they must be recharged in salt water?