Water Too Soft?
Hi! Thanks again for your informative articles and FAQs! Learned so much already, I am sure I’ll learn more! I am hoping not to annoy you by asking something that is already answered, but I just need to know that I am not going insane. The “problem” is that I am seeing extremely soft water coming straight out of my tap. I have measured it with a kit, and the colour changes with just one drop (<1degree) for both GH and KH. I thought this was wrong, so I bought a different kit – same result. The pH of the tap water also seems inconsistent – the chemical tests show 6.7 – 7.0 (different kits), the electronic probe I recently bought and calibrated (Milwaukee) shows 7.6. I do have one soft, acidic-water fish (chocolate Gourami) and I condition her water with peat, which brings it down to 5.2 quite nicely (coated gravel). In my other tank with uncoated gravel and driftwood, pH is steady at 7.2; another one – uncoated gravel, no driftwood – 7.
