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Whats the difference between soft from hard water2007-11-24 23:43:32

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The bigger question is if you are using City water or well water. Well water is hard water. City water has more chemicals in it such as fluoride added. Well water users have to use a water softener because it contains hard minerals. If your fish seem fine, I wouldn't worry too much. I used well water with fish for a long time and they lived normal length lives.

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Soft water is water that has been treated by using salt. I am thinking that hard water is that which there has been no treatment added. You cannot use tap water that is softened or the fish will die. Checking the ph in the water is a good thing to do. You can buy kits at the pet store that will test the ph of the water.

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It also has to do with the acidity of the water. A PH balancing kit from a pet shop can fix any problems. If your fish seem to be fine and happy then dont change a thing. They can be very sensitive to change.

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Hard water is has a high mineral content; soft water has a low mineral content. It's called "hard water" originally because it made cleaning difficult. The minerals in question are compounds of calcium and magnesium. Some hardness can be removed by boiling or by the addition of lime (calcium hydroxide). As far as what effect it has on fish not sure. Maybe it wouldn't, maybe the effect would be on the aquarium itself.

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Soft water has many minerals and most undesirable tastes removed by passing the water through a resin that attracts them. The resin is cleaned of impurities by back flushing the resin with salt water brine. The water produced after the back flushing process contains salt washed from the resin. This salt may be too much for some fish. Your best bet is to get water purified by reverse osmosis which removes the minerals and contaminates.