should I use Chemi-Pure?

plah831

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I have pretty hard water with high pH (~7.8). Should I use chemi-pure to help take care of this? I'm reluctant to use chemicals in the water, like a pH reducer solution. Chemi-pure uses resins to remove hardness, but not sure how it changes pH.

I have several plants in my tanks, and they're growing well. My fish are also doing well, no losses yet. I did lose a betta recently, but he was in his own tank and kind of old (almost 3 years). If my water were softer and more neutral in pH, do you think he could have lived longer? My boyfriend and I both loved him and were greatly saddened by his death.
 
If it's not broken, don't try to fix it.

There's nothing wrong with your pH and mucking about with it can cause your water chemistry to become unstable. That spells DOOM in the long run.

Three years is a great life for an obviously much-loved betta. Most don't even make it home from the store or last a day in someone's bowl.

Roan
 
Thanks for the reassurance. I thought Betta-Boy lived pretty long, too.

Specs on water: GH = 14, KH = 8
So I guess it's not TOO bad.
 
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