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From: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: potash & PH
Summary: Buy water.
Message-ID: <22672@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 02:47:32 GMT
References: <2610@encore.UUCP>
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Reply-To: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram)
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Organization: Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-2158
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In-reply-to: corbin@encore.UUCP

In article <2610@encore.UUCP>, corbin@encore writes:
> The problem is with maintaining the PH levels.  We have a private well
> with pretty awful water: ph 5.6 and 18-20ppm iron (basically mud).
> [...]
> I can continue to use the sodium biosphate but each time I clean the tank
> I use two containers fo the stuff.  This really is a little too expensive
> for me.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Maybe a source for an industrial size container of sodium
> biosphate or equivalent?

It'll probably be cheaper for you to use distilled water or bottled water
from a grocery store.  It's good for the fish too.

-- Ashwin Ram --

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