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Water Softener For Aquarium

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Water Softener For Aquarium

The water conditioner is a staple in my aquarium kits. The easiest way to ensure your water is aquarium safe.

But they’re not all the same quality when it comes to how much you’ll get for your money.

Sneak peek – the pricier options may be cheaper than you think when you look deeper.

A tap water conditioner is a blend of chemicals used to make tap water safe to put into an aquarium.

Some conditioners can also be used in an emergency to detoxify compounds in the water while you figure out and adjust the root cause.

The biggest reason to use a water conditioner is to make water from a municipal water supplier safe to put into your aquarium.

Water Softening – Aquaguard

The two most common chemicals used to disinfect water are chlorine(Cl) and chloramine (NH2Cl).

These two additives are great for drinking water because they kill germs and don’t affect humans, but they’re bad news for fish, aquatic reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates that come into contact with them.

Basically, chlorine and chloramine go straight into the bloodstreams of these kinds of animals and poisons them. When aquatic animals are exposed to chlorine/chloramine, it’s like they get bleached inside and out.

And yes, that’s just as terrible as it sounds.

Some water conditioners also detoxify things like ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. So they’re good to have on hand in case of emergencies where your water parameters temporarily get out of whack.

water supplies used regular chlorine to disinfect drinking water. But there are some problems with this.

Pure chlorine is pretty unstable. At room temperature, it’s a gas, so it can easily dissipate from the water it’s dissolved in.

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