Hard water

[Holdenon5]

Just curious for those who have hard water how do you soften it up? My water comes from a well and has a pH of around 8.4 and I've added peat to filter and recommend amount of blackwater extract and it lowered to about 8. Should I just add the entire bottle of BWE to my rhom's tank?

 

[monkeybike]

Maybe get an R.O unit? I keep my RBP in 7.8 with no issues.

 

[duanes]

My water comes out of the tap at @pH of 7.8.
I don't do anything.
It's source is Lake Michigan which has a pH of 8.4 and the fish in it, do fine.
Lake Gatun in Panama pH can rise as high as the low 9s, as do the African rift lakes.

 

[Thekid]

I use seachem discus buffer to lower gh and ph. It lowers ph from 8.6 to 6.0 and also lowers gh easily.

 

[ragin_cajun]

The easiest thing to do is try to keep fish in the water you have. It's very possible that your fish won't mind it a bit.