"Mickey" wrote:

I have hard well water that is not softened. Is there a way to soften it ?
have thought about using the water from the house that is softened but it is
city water and that might get expensive fast I have about 3000 gallons of
pond water. Maybe I will start topping off the pond with soft house water
after doing an initial fill with well water.

What makes water hard is that it just has dissolved calcium compounds in
it. Water softeners just replace the calcium with sodium which is
harmful to many living things. I would much rather have the calcium
than sodium. Calcium is beneficial to many living organisms. Softened
water is toxic to many living organisms.

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