Can you soften water by putting salt in our tank?

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BDawg90

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I just got a water test from petco and she said that my water was a little hard and I could soften it by sprinkling salt in the water? I have a 10 gallon tank with 1 male betta and 2 Cory cats, 1 leopard and 1 albino and putting salt in the water sounds a little weird.
 
I don't know all the lingo here I'm new. What's GH
 
General Hardness.

Most likely with those species of fish, there will not a be a need to soften your water. Fish will adjust (unless you are in the ~1% who's tap water is no good as is for keeping common community fish).
 
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