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06-22-2007, 06:04 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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 |  store water vs home made water
im wondering the pros and cons of each one. im hoping everyone here can shead some light on this subject.
thank you in advance
PS yes im talking about saltwater. _________  and yes those are my zoa's in that pic.
60gal salt water tank. live rock yea i got that.(not sure how much) live sand im guessing about 70lbs natulas proteenskimer uv filter sumptank w/ bio bio balls eheim canster filter 2 heaters 1/10 chiller firefish 2 scissortail dartfish a yellow and a blue tang watchtower goby coral beuty red wrasse tomato clown bicolor blenny and some coral | 
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06-22-2007, 06:27 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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I would much rather make my own water so I know with a TDS meter if it is clean. How would you know the last time your LFS changed their filters in the RO/DI unit... 
That would be gambling just like in Vegas, and it matters how much you got invested in livestock to be playing that game. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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06-22-2007, 06:35 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dallas,TX
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yeah ive been wondering that myself.. im in an apartment and installing a RO unit would be, well "too much" in all aspects.. i asked the LFS guy the other day, "hey what levels is your water at here? and he was like "uh, the PH should be right".. that scared me...
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20 gallon long,penguin 200 HOB,fluval 250 cannister,2 t-5 (10k and actinic),percula clown,diamond goby,royal gramma,fire goby, longnose hawkfish,open brain coral,2 feather dusters,coral banded shrimp | |
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06-22-2007, 06:38 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Whittier, CA
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Originally Posted by flipnap  yeah ive been wondering that myself.. im in an apartment and installing a RO unit would be, well "too much" in all aspects.. i asked the LFS guy the other day, "hey what levels is your water at here? and he was like "uh, the PH should be right".. that scared me... | ask your apartment manager.... most of the times (unless they are complete *%#@^) any upgrades you make to the apartment is fine... as long as you are a long term person there and you are willing to return the piping to the original condition (within reason) before you move _________ 40 gal acrylic tank, 20 gal wet/dry sump, 3.7 gal HOB CPR fuge, CPR bak-pak skimmer, Eheim canister filter, 192w Coralife CF, 150w 10k MH, 200w heater 40lbs of live sand, 50 lbs of live rock 8 blue leg hermit crabs, 2 Turbo snails, Tiger brittle star, sand star, 3 feather dusters 1 T.Crocea, 1 Pajama Cardinalfish, 1 mandarin dragonet, 1 purple firefish, 1 hi-fin banded shrimp goby ast mushrooms, xenia, zoa's and glove polyps Malama na Honu | |
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06-22-2007, 08:47 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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A LFS here, were took a TDS meter to their RO water and it was worse then tap water. They have a 2000g stock tank on a high shelf in the quarantine room, so its open to whatever is floating in the air. All the stuff that is floating goes into the tank settles in the bottom to where there is nice layer of crap rotting, and we all know what that does to water.
If you dont have a RO unit, I would look into buying distilled water. Its usually .50 cents a gallon. If you cant find that, find the drinking water sold by the gallon, its not perfect, but usually close to perfect when checked by a TDS meter. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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06-22-2007, 10:38 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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what about the saltwater side of things not just RO water | |
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06-25-2007, 02:01 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Turnersville, TX
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If you are worried about tampering with the plumbing use a faucet adapter for the inlet and just place the drain hose in the sink. You are really not tampering with anything by doing it that way. | |
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