Softness Or Hardness Water

[Fantail_John]

For the last hour been trying to find the water hardness or softness here in the northwest England, does anyone know? as this will help me with my fish keeping

John

 

[angel-al]

just test the kh coming out of your tap. it seems to differ from town to town. kh measured as 1 being very soft to 10 being very hard

 

[MewMew42]

this may help

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/328385-guide-to-uk-water-hardness/

 

[Fantail_John]

this may help

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/328385-guide-to-uk-water-hardness/

Thank's for the link if it's right in the Northwest it's soft

John

just test the kh coming out of your tap. it seems to differ from town to town. kh measured as 1 being very soft to 10 being very hard

Thank's, so you can buy a test kit to test the water where do you get them from?

John

 

[Mikaila31]

You can use either a KH or GH test kit to determine hardness of water, should be able to find something at LPS.

 

[angel-al]

i live in wigan and my water has been neutral to slightly hard for years but last 4 months it is now soft. you can get a test kit from your local fish shop. if you do have soft water which i think you will it is important that u keep an eye on it as low kh can lead to ph crashes which are bad. if you are keeping general community fish it may be worthwhile adding a few shells or a bit of coral sand just to keep your kh a bit higher.my tap kh is 1 and my ph is 6.8 and befor i added coral sand to my external filter my ph crashed to 4 even though i maintain my tanks every week.

 

[Fantail_John]

i live in wigan and my water has been neutral to slightly hard for years but last 4 months it is now soft. you can get a test kit from your local fish shop. if you do have soft water which i think you will it is important that u keep an eye on it as low kh can lead to ph crashes which are bad. if you are keeping general community fish it may be worthwhile adding a few shells or a bit of coral sand just to keep your kh a bit higher.my tap kh is 1 and my ph is 6.8 and befor i added coral sand to my external filter my ph crashed to 4 even though i maintain my tanks every week.

Thank's for your advice just done a test on my tank Ph and it's 7.4 - 7.8

Do you use any shells? like the ones you get from the beach and drop them in the water of the tank? near herd of putting sand in a filter.

John

 

[Bignose]

i live in wigan and my water has been neutral to slightly hard for years but last 4 months it is now soft. you can get a test kit from your local fish shop. if you do have soft water which i think you will it is important that u keep an eye on it as low kh can lead to ph crashes which are bad. if you are keeping general community fish it may be worthwhile adding a few shells or a bit of coral sand just to keep your kh a bit higher.my tap kh is 1 and my ph is 6.8 and befor i added coral sand to my external filter my ph crashed to 4 even though i maintain my tanks every week.

Thank's for your advice just done a test on my tank Ph and it's 7.4 - 7.8

Do you use any shells? like the ones you get from the beach and drop them in the water of the tank? near herd of putting sand in a filter.

John

You do realize that pH and KH and GH are all different things right? That knowing your pH doesn't actually answer your questions about the water hardness? They are more often encountered in high pH with high hardness, and lower pH with low hardness, but it isn't a guarantee at all. Just wanted to make sure that you know this.

 

[Bignose]

just test the kh coming out of your tap. it seems to differ from town to town. kh measured as 1 being very soft to 10 being very hard

This isn't right, unless you are using some testing units I've never seen before.

Hardness is usually reported in dH (degrees of hardness, often seen as dGH see below) or ppm. If you are reporting your water in hardness, here are some general guidelines:
Very soft: 0-70 ppm 0-4 dGH
Soft: 70-140 ppm 4-8 dGH
Slightly hard: 140-210 ppm 8-12 dGH
Moderately hard: 210-320 ppm 12-18 dGH
Hard: 320-530 ppm 18-30 dGH
Very hard: >530 ppm >30 dGH

1 dGH is equal to 17.8 ppm. It is most common to use German degrees of water hardness, which is why you will often see dGH (degrees German hardness) though to be absolutely sure you should check with the manufacturer of the test.

Does your test use a different system angel-al? Maybe English degrees of hardness or something else?