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Water here in my area is usually hard. How can I keep my water parameter soft?

Also, Does anybody know where can I get Aqua Prazi locally? Do most petshop carries them? I stay in Los Angeles.

Thanks in Advance. :)
 
RO water. Why do you want to soften the water? If your fish are all captive bred, there is no need for you to attempt lowering the KH and GH.
 
Lupin;3214483; said:
RO water. Why do you want to soften the water? If your fish are all captive bred, there is no need for you to attempt lowering the KH and GH.
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While many fish can adapt to living in harder water, the crap that comes out of our taps here in SoCal is often jokingly, but deservingly, called liquid rock. This stuff is so hard that build up forms on everything. Amazon fish might survive sometimes in this water, but they really don't thrive. I use a 50/50 mix of R/O and declorinated tap for all of my S.A. and Asian fish. If you can do it, I believe it does help. I know there are several ways to soften water. I just R/O, but maybe someone else can help you out with other solutions.

As for praaiquantel, PraziPro is the brand that I use. I'm sure there are a few brands out there, but I've been VERY happy with PraziPro. Is this a precaution or are the fish having symptoms?
 
Wet Whiskers;3214503; said:
As for praaiquantel, PraziPro is the brand that I use. I'm sure there are a few brands out there, but I've been VERY happy with PraziPro. Is this a precaution or are the fish having symptoms?
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Precaution.

Excuse me, but what is an R/O? Where can I get that?
 
r/o is short for reverse osmosis. it is a kind of filtering of water that is used in many applications, including purifying drinking water. it removes lots of impurities and metals which can affect ph and hardness. You can find these systems online, at lowes or home depot, or at other hardware stores. they are usually more expensive if you buy them from hobby related retailers. this process however can have negative effects since it removes GOOD minerals as well. how large are the tanks you are keeping and what do you have stocked in them? there are other alternatives depending upon size and what you are stocking
 
So that there is no confusion that end up in really sad oops, here's a quick heads up. If you do decide to go pick up something at home depot, make sure you aren't getting a water softener. A water softener uses salt which will end up killing your fish, while a reverse osmosis system removes the minerals and other contanimnants though an extremely fine membrane. You can often buy R/O water from you local fish store, and if you don't have a large tank, this maybe how you want to do it for a while. How big is your tank, and what are the inhabitants?

I know people use other ways to soften water through peat moss, Indian Almond leaves, etc., but I'm not that familiar with these methods. Hopefully, a bump to the top will get someone's attention who knows how that works.
 
souljah2009;3215304; said:
u could always put some driftwood in thatll bring down ur ph alil
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This doesn't act quickly, and relying only on this when doing water changes could potentially cause some swings. Unless this water is allowed to soften ahead of time, driftwood alone isn't enough here is so cal. << Crunch, crunch, crunch... ahhh, cool, refreshing, crunchy tap water. >> I'll have to test the water's GH and KH again.
 
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