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Reel McKoi



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:46 am    Post subject: Rainwater the solution Reply with quote
Free rain water. Hundreds of gallons from the outbuilding roof mixed with my
tap water brought the PH down to 7.4 and the hardness in the area of 200ppm.
As long as it rains once in awhile I'll have more than enough water for
water changes. Smile

The PH of the rain water was 6.6 to 6.8.

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Jeffrey St. Clair, Ph.D.



Joined: 27 Sep 2007
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Rainwater the solution Reply with quote
"Reel McKoi" wrote in message $3af$1@news.albasani.net...
> Free rain water. Hundreds of gallons from the outbuilding roof mixed with
> my tap water brought the PH down to 7.4 and the hardness in the area of
> 200ppm. As long as it rains once in awhile I'll have more than enough
> water for water changes. Smile
>
> The PH of the rain water was 6.6 to 6.8.

Sounds good, just make sure you collect it from a clean roof, (standard tar
roof not advisable) and clean all the pollutants out. Smile
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