Firstly, you cannot soften water unless you have a constant source of soft water. What this means is that if you do a water change with hard water, you are back to square one.
Secondly, why do you need soft water ? You have not told us what you intend to keep in the tanks. Most fish and plants tolerate hard water to a reasonable extent.
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i am not in intention for adding Peat as it will tan the tank, secondly water in my locality is so hard and TDS is around 500+, I use to get exotic stocks only and most of the verities are form soft water and and once they reach to me if i add them into tanks containing hard water you know the meaningapuda2010 wrote:Firstly, you cannot soften water unless you have a constant source of soft water. What this means is that if you do a water change with hard water, you are back to square one.
Secondly, why do you need soft water ? You have not told us what you intend to keep in the tanks. Most fish and plants tolerate hard water to a reasonable extent.
one of my display tank will be of Extra Clear Glass and i dont want deposits on that glass, thats why i was lloking for an answer will Kent water softner will serve my purpose ??
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Yes, Kent water softener should serve your purpose. If you see the chemistry of water filteration, a full scale RO unit will clear the water of nearly all minerals through a process of coarse filteration, UV sterilisation, deionisation followed by passing the liquid through a very fine membrane.
You don't need sterile water, nor do you need water devoid of all minerals. Hence if you add a water softener, it will cause heavy salts to precipitate out (very similar to boiling). You will be left with what you require - water with lower hardness.
If the TDS is very high, you will need to regenerate the resin very frequently.
You don't need sterile water, nor do you need water devoid of all minerals. Hence if you add a water softener, it will cause heavy salts to precipitate out (very similar to boiling). You will be left with what you require - water with lower hardness.
If the TDS is very high, you will need to regenerate the resin very frequently.