potassium in softened water

[Chris Palma]

Hi.

The subject of avoiding the use of softened water in aquaria comes up a
lot. However, I was just reading some webpages on water softeners, and
they claim that you can use potassium chloride in a water softener, so
that potassium will be exchanged for the calcium & magnesium instead of
sodium.

Can someone who knows more chemistry enlighten me -- would softened water
containing potassium be ok to use in an aquarium?

Thanks!

--chris





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[Racf]

"Chris Palma" > wrote in message
...
> Hi.
>
> The subject of avoiding the use of softened water in aquaria comes up
a
> lot. However, I was just reading some webpages on water softeners,
and
> they claim that you can use potassium chloride in a water softener, so
> that potassium will be exchanged for the calcium & magnesium instead
of
> sodium.
>
> Can someone who knows more chemistry enlighten me -- would softened
water
> containing potassium be ok to use in an aquarium?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --chris
>
>
>
>
>
> NB: This email address is dead. If you would like to email me
directly,
> please use: cpalmaATSYMBOLastro.psu.edu
>

Thats what I did and it worked fine for me.