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12-13-2004, 06:41 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
Posts: 390
Karma: 87
 |  Re: Bottled or Spring water???
http://www.airwaterice.com/product/RKT
This place sells a 5 stage 100 gallons a day RO/DI unit for 149.00 + shipping. I'm purchasing this one today.
my .02
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90 gallon reef, mag 1800 main return pump, 10 gallon refugium + 10 gallon sump, CPR overflows, ASM G-1 skimmer, icecap 660 vho 440 watts. 130#LR and 60#LS. Corals: Finger Leather, Fat Finger Leather, Toadstool, flower pot sps coral, hairy mushrooms. Fish: Yellow tang, Bi-color angel, pecula clowns, royal gramma, coral beauty angel, yellow tail damsel, blue damsel, Sergeant Major Damsel. Misc. hermit crabs, snails, flame scallop, Xenia | 
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12-13-2004, 09:19 AM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
That is the one I have...LOVE IT!  _________ http://www.3reef.com/uploads/BirdSig3.jpgI Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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12-13-2004, 09:22 AM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
Posts: 390
Karma: 87
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
That's great to hear birdlady....thanks for the reassurance.
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12-16-2004, 02:41 AM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jakarta,
Posts: 87
Karma: 1
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
Scoffer,
Do any of your LFS sell NSW? You might consider that.
Cheers,
Ray
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Esplanade (v): To explain, while drunk.&&110 gal (5'x1.5'x2' deep)&&60" Orbit 4x65w compacts, 5 moon LEDs&&110 Lbs Live Sand, 88 lbs Live Rock&&About 80 Gal of NSW&&1 Red Brain, 1 Green Metalic Brain, 1 Green Donut, 1 Green Bubble coral
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12-16-2004, 05:21 AM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Banned
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 327
Karma: 5
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
Yeah, bought it a few times. Full of nutrients....
but...
12..99 per 4 gallons....ow!!!!
Dear Santa, please give me my own Ro-DI unit for Christmas. I was good 1 day this year.
Thanks
Scoffer
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12-17-2004, 06:24 AM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jakarta,
Posts: 87
Karma: 1
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
NSW at $3/gal is a bit dear. You can mix your own for less or equal and have all the buffering and whatnot that they add to boot.
Here in Jakarta I can have a 50 gal water change for less than $20, and they do all the work. They filter and massage the water as well as add stuff to it, but the prob with NSW is that it lack all the buffers and additives and adding only lasts for a few days.
But for less than a buck a gal, I'm in SW heaven here in Jakarta. I've read here in the ether that in some places in the States people have access to public NSW from their local Public Aquarium for a great price. Wouldn't it be nice if all the public aquariums did that. Might get more membership from folks like us. Someday I'll retire from the foreign service and it would be great if you all got something like that going across the US before I did ...
Cheers,
Ray | |
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12-17-2004, 09:19 AM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
Posts: 335
Karma: 3
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
Here in Manila saltwater (ocean water not prepared) cost like P10 a gallon or around 20 US cents. For safety you still have to filter and UV it out.
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I retired the reef for now. Maybe a nano or a softies tank in the future when I have both time and money. 60 gallon FOWLR in the meantime. My echidna nebulosa are still going strong! | |
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12-18-2004, 09:39 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jakarta,
Posts: 87
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| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
Yes, basically that is what my LFS guy does to it, plus he adds trace elements.
UV units? Are they worth the investment?
Cheers,
Ray | |
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12-19-2004, 06:00 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
Posts: 335
Karma: 3
| Re: Bottled or Spring water???
UV for reef tanks? Yup! But I don't go heavy with the UV. 4 watt for every 50 gallons only (so a 100+ gallon tank gets an 8watt, my 60 got 4 watts). Is there an effect? For me yes. I use to clean out algae on tank walls 2-3x a week. I do 1x since I got a UV.
For processing sea water (if I ever do so) I would use a UV and run it for an hour at least. Then filter the water (actually a HOT filled with carbon will do). Aerate then use for water change.
Good your LFS adds elements. Ocean water is supposedly complete already but enhancing it (say add iodine, trace, strontium, etc.) could make it better.
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03-20-2006, 12:51 AM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rensselaer, Indiana
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Originally Posted by ScooterGuitar I bought a couple of the Culligan 5 gallon bottles, fill it up at Culligan for 25 cents a gallon. I believe it is R/O, carbon filtered, and UV sterilized. Mix it myself. Anyone else use Culligan? | Hey scotter, i use culligan. More expensive then yours tho. I dont have the option to refill my empties. I have to put a deposit on the bottles and exchange them for new @ $4 each. I like the refill idea. hmmmmm HEY CULLIGAN MAN!!!! | |
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