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10-16-2007, 04:33 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fremont, CA Age: 32
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|  Purified Water and Instant Ocean Salt
I have a doubt, if I buy my water at one of those places that specialize in water (where you would buy pure water) and I then mix it with Isntant Ocean Salt, would this be a good alternative instead of buying it at my LFS? I'm asking, 'cause this water place sells it for 40 cents a gallon, compared to the LFS's a buck and change per gallon....which I'm sure (I could be wrong) uses some sort of salt mix and RO water to fill their tanks. What do you guys think? | 
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10-16-2007, 04:41 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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The best alternative is to buy a rodi and mix your own salt but buying the ro water and mixing the salt yourself is ok. _________ 90 gallon tank with center overflows, 44 gallon custom sump/fuge, Tek T5 retrofit 4x54 bulbs, Reef Octopus nw200 protein skimmer, Iwaki WMD40RLXT return pump (changed to panworld 100pxx),Knop c ca reactor, PA light house controller.
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10-16-2007, 04:53 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fremont, CA Age: 32
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what's a "rodi" ? | |
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10-16-2007, 04:57 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by clownfish  compared to the LFS's a buck and change per gallon.... What do you guys think? |  STAY WELL CLEAR OF THAT LFS! --- that guy is ripping customers off.
You can mix yourself much much cheaper...If you don't want to use own tapwater (with a conditioner)...get a RO/DI unit, which in your case, will pay for itself very quickly!! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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10-16-2007, 05:23 PM
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| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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ro/ di = reverse osmosis/ de- ionized = purified water = good for your aquarium...  ro di, Pet Supplies, Kitchen items on eBay.com _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-16-2007, 06:09 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 46
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If you are going to buy water from ANYPLACE it would be a good practice to always check it with a TDS meter before using it. Too much time and money spent on all this tuff to take chances.
Shoot...just go buy an RODI unit for 100 bucks. | |
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10-16-2007, 07:09 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
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I'm no RODI expert(I'll leave that to others here. ), but a word of warning if you plan to use instant ocean salt. I've heard and experienced some negative things with that brand. Others may have had better luck with it, but just in case you might want to try Tropic Marin( a little more expensive) or Oceanic(relatively the same price)
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10-16-2007, 07:15 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami,Fl
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I use Instant ocean and have not found any problems with it yet. Tropic Marin and Red Sea I think are among the best but Instant Ocean work fine for me and is cheaper. | |
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10-16-2007, 07:19 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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I'm glad to know that there are some here that haven't had a problem with it. Perhaps it's just one of those things that goes wrong for one person, but gets an exaggerated bad rap. | |
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10-16-2007, 07:21 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I just started using IO mix. What are some negative things you are talking about? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | 
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