Reducing Water Hardness

[Coomon10]

Any ideas? Have heard of/looking into RO but is adding rainwater likely to reduce the 'hardness' of my tankwater?- Its summer so i haven't had a chance to try this out!

TIA

 

[jarmado]

have you looked into using peat?

 

[Coomon10]

have you looked into using peat?

Nope- would this be a replacement or supplement job?

Basically tests may have shown a slight increase in hardness in what was already hard(ish) water, so am trying to start some reasearch on ways to reduce/control this. I believe that anything under 16 (whatever the units is- I can't remember) is ok?

 

[russellbrooke]

You could try a combination of tap water and ro water (That's what i do). There are calculators out there to work out the ratio of tap to ro to attain the level of hardness required (try www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk)

RO is pretty cheap to buy. My local LFS sells 25litres for £1.75. I think as long as you haven't got an exceptionally large tank, say 350 litres plus, buying ro and mixing with tap water isn't too bad.

You can also try boiling your water to reduce hardness, but this is quite a chore as it takes ages to boil the right amount.

Russ

 

[Bignose]

You could try a combination of tap water and ro water (That's what i do). There are calculators out there to work out the ratio of tap to ro to attain the level of hardness required (try www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk)

RO is pretty cheap to buy. My local LFS sells 25litres for £1.75. I think as long as you haven't got an exceptionally large tank, say 350 litres plus, buying ro and mixing with tap water isn't too bad.

You can also try boiling your water to reduce hardness, but this is quite a chore as it takes ages to boil the right amount.

Russ

Unless you capture your steam and condense that back to water, boiling will increase the hardness. You only boil off pure H2O, the minerals will remain in the pot.