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From: jackg@tekchips.UUCP (Jack Gjovaag)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Soft water use in the Aquarium
Message-ID: <429@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Nov-83 23:19:26 EST
Article-I.D.: tekchips.429
Posted: Fri Nov 25 23:19:26 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Nov-83 03:24:41 EST
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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I have a water softener and as far as I understand its use, the salt
is used only to cleanse the cannister of resin beads every now and then.
This happens about once a week and is completely  decoupled from
the water supply.  All the salt is flushed through the cannister and
sent down the drain, leaving the beads cleansed of all the stuff
they collected and ready to soften another weeks worth of water.
I use this softened water to water plants (some are pretty salt
sensitive, such as Janpanese Arelia) and I have seen no sign of salt
burn on the edges of the leaves.  This is really an interesting 
discussion and I would like to hear some authoritive statement
on just what a water softener ADDS to the water it processes.
Pets, plants, people and washing machines have a stake in this.