a quick question on this, a friend of mine has some snails, or did rather. they keep dieing on her. she has softened water by that fasion. I have had no problem with my snails and we have rather hard water here. forget what exactly. but could water softend in that fashion kill the snails?
Water changes with a water softner
- Thread starter gsk177
- Start date
That is weird that one member mentioned his Gh of his softened water supply is the same as without the water being softened.
I test my outside, un-softened, water and I get a reading of around 17 Gh, but when I test my inside, softened, water I get a 0 reading.
I test my outside, un-softened, water and I get a reading of around 17 Gh, but when I test my inside, softened, water I get a 0 reading.
OxyBomb said:
Yup, since a water softener takes out the needed Mg and Ca ions, the snail shells are left weak and crumbly, and they just die off
gsk177 said:
I doubt that if a water softener is working correctly, that the softened water supply can have the same gH as unsoftened water.
gH tests for the amount of Ca and Mg ions, and if the gH of softened water is the same as unsoftened, then there is either a problem with the test kit or the water softener unit
WHeeww..glad to know its not just me.
After reading that post it reminded me to log down a complete run of tests of my faucet water. 7.6Ph 0ppm Amm 0ppm NO2 0ppm NO3 and 0Gh
Readings on my outside, un-softened, water are the same as above with the exception of the Gh which reads 17 unsoftened.
Helps to know what the source water parameters are when doing water changes.
Still not sure what is causing my Nitrate spike though. Been running about 1 litre of de-Nitrate for 24 hours and still running 80ppm after a 50% water change.
I'm going to do an 80% tomorrow morning and then retest.
Fish are still acting fine as frogs hair, but it bugs me to have a test show anything out of line.
After reading that post it reminded me to log down a complete run of tests of my faucet water. 7.6Ph 0ppm Amm 0ppm NO2 0ppm NO3 and 0Gh
Readings on my outside, un-softened, water are the same as above with the exception of the Gh which reads 17 unsoftened.
Helps to know what the source water parameters are when doing water changes.
Still not sure what is causing my Nitrate spike though. Been running about 1 litre of de-Nitrate for 24 hours and still running 80ppm after a 50% water change.
I'm going to do an 80% tomorrow morning and then retest.
Fish are still acting fine as frogs hair, but it bugs me to have a test show anything out of line.
