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| Zoanthid | As I've been reading around the net and figuring out what's wrong and what's right. I've been seeing a lot about R/O water and how to go about obtaining such equipment to have resulting clean water. What I was wondering is if one could go about use straight tap water and treat it with water conditioner that eliminates chlorine and chloramine (for example, Kordon NovAqua+). I've been looking at prices for R/O units and they kind of run out of my range. Any other water purifying ideas? _________ Adem 29g Reef: 10g sump/Mag3 return/ACJR/45lbs LR/AquaC Remora/4x39W T5HO/150W heater/PO4+Carbon reactor/2x K1's true perc/purple firefish/mandarin/CORALS! 3.5g planted: ADA Mini S tank/HC/Blyxa/various gadgets!! ![]() |
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| PICTURE POLICE ENFORCER | Yes you can, but I dont recommend it, its not the same. Try this place for R/O units.purewaterclub*com _________ 11 yr old system, 90g Corner-megaflow DT, custom 55g sump/refug, 692w lighting, Mag-18, AquaC EV 180, AC-Jr, Pin-Point Cal monitor and too many corals and fish to list. Happy Reefing |
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| 3reef Moderator | I think in this hobby if you can't afford some basic necessities, it might be best to wait it out until you can. This might not be the pasttime to start on a shoestring budget. If you skimp in the beginning, oftentimes you'll be paying for it later by being forced into buying what you should have in the first place. Here's a basic example. Say for instance you invest in great lighting, but you don't get an RO/DI setup. Instead you decide to use water conditioner that's $10 a bottle at say, two bottles a month. Ammonia, nitrite and chloramines are no issue, just as the product promises. However phosphates from your tapwater aren't removed by this product, and lo and behold, after about six months you develop a tremendous hair algae problem. You read around and out of desperation you purchase 30 snails for $60 bucks. Then you hear that there's this miracle liquid out there that will solve the problem for about $40 in treatments. There went $160 bucks that could've gone towards that RO/DI setup. A phos reactor and really good protein skimmer can be $40 and $400 respectively. A decent RO/DI setup can be had for $169 if you shop around. If you purchase these three things in the very beginning, you're guaranteed an easier go at it. Another plus is the wonderful lack of expensive fires that require immediate extinguishing. Patience is the key here, if you can scrape up some funds over time and THEN start this whole ball rolling, you'll be glad you did. Good luck, ermano! ![]() _________ 90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Reef Octopus XP-2000 Skimmer. Sump is a 20G long. Auto top off consists of a float valve connected to Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI, governed by a solenoid valve. Iwaki MD40RLXT inline pump. Coralife 2x250MH, 20K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Vortech MP40 pump, 2 Hydor Koralia #2's, and a #4. JBJ Arctica 1/3 HP chiller. |
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| Fu Manchu Lion Fish | diddo on what reefsparky said!!! _________ 55 gallon reef aquarium, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides, Reef Optix 2 reflectors, Blue Wave 3 ballast, AquaC Remora skimmer Born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video My 2nd Tank Video http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...Bmshehan29.jpg |
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| Bikers are a dying breed | +3 on what Reefskarky said. Short and sweet and to the point. This is not a hobby to cut corners on, it will only give you trouble later on. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula) 3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1, 57w Aqua UV, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Pro Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge ![]() Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread ![]() |
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| Spaghetti Worm | I used tap water for more than 6 months...huge mistake. Tons of algae, problems with Ich, fish dieing. Don't do it. Spend the $80.00 or so and get the RO/DI filter lunatik recommended. I bought one a week ago and it works great. It's making water right now in my garage as I am typing this. Invest in good lighting too, another big mistake I made. Here's an article I wrote on my blog that talks about the 6 essential items you need to be successful in saltwater. Without these, you'll have problems. Good luck! If you have questions on the RO/DI filter, feel free to PM me. _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), Phosban Reactor, Vortech MP40w, 80lbs of live rock Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, flame hawkfish, lamarck's angelfish, yellow tang, royal gramma, mexican turbo snails, 2 sea cucumbers, narcissus snails Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, brown mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, turquois long tentacle anemone |
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| Plankton | It depends on the tap water. Some areas have really clean tap, and some people have yellow tap. |
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| Astrea Snail | If nothing else, buy the TDS meter that purewaterclub sells (the ebay store that luna mentioned). It will either convince you to buy one of their inexpensive RO/DI units or to use your tap water. And cost less than $15 shipped. Where I live, our county touts the cleanest of tap waters, which by tasting it compared to others when traveling, I agree. Though, when I was topping off my tank (granted it was still quite young <2 months), it resulted in an incredible diatom blume. Just something to consider. |
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