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I have considered RO water but the nearest fish shop is not that close and the price is a fair bit more than the bottle water. Bottle water was chosen due to it being soft and fairly low pH. I found an interesting comparison of the mineral contents of bottled water and this one ended up the...

My local tap water is extremely hard even for the UK. It comes directly from a borehole in chalk hills. pH: 8.5 kH:292ppm I have tried mixing my water 50/50 with bottled water (pH 6.4) but it barely makes a dent on the pH/kH. Trying to to do the calculations to work out the best ratio to use...