Subj : The Mystery Almost Solved
To   : Jeff Snyder
From : Michael Grant
Date : Mon Jul 06 2009 09:27 pm

Hello Jeff.

05 Jul 09 20:47, you wrote to me:

 JS> Instead of using an impeller to suck up water through the lift tube
 JS> part of the filter, I have attached a Penguin 1140 powerhead to each
 JS> of my Penguin 330 Bio-Wheel filters, so that instead of water being
 JS> sucked up by the impeller, it is in fact pushed up from the strainer
 JS> end of the filter.

Hmm... might not work with the side mount units, but I do have an older 
canister filter kicking around that gave up the ghost. Might work with that.

 MG>> Cichlids also do well here in Alberta because our water is
 MG>> hard, which is what they prefer.

 JS> I wasn't aware of the fact that water is hard in your part of
 JS> the world. Where

It's a very dry, arid climate here. Most water sources originate in the nearby 
mountains and have high mineral content to begin with, and then they are 
subject to significant evaporation levels in the summer, which drives up the 
mineral concentrations even more.

It's not quite as arid as Africa, mind you, but it is one of the more arid 
parts of Canada. Saskatchewan's water may be even harder, as their water is not 
as readily replaced with mountainous runoff, and much of it is ground water.

 JS> I lived as a kid in the Eastern USA, it was relatively soft and
 JS> acidic, as I recall. But that was many years ago, so I could be
 JS> wrong.

I am originally from Nova Scotia, so I know what you mean. Very similar water 
there.

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