2 RO or not 2 RO that is the question!

lol...I feel like I gonna get stoned ( meaning rocks thrown ) for this one !! ;D

I know what everyone says ...read it a hundred times about the RO water being a very important part of Reef Keeping .... However !!

I am not on City Water ....comes from over 700 feet down in a well, which tests almost perfect ( little high in hardness ). LFS says....no need for RO water ...( LFS in business since 1967 ...not deathco or petsmart ).

I am finalizing my design for the 125 to start set up soon...and I do have a RO unit ( came with the used 125 I bought Coral life Pureflo II 24 GPD) I currently have a 90 gal S/W ( no RO water ) up and running with no issues except high phosphate at the moment...1 month old.....was a fast cycle and water is looking great !

Is it really worth the effort to use the RO unit ?? or is this just mainly for people on city treated water ??

easy with the rocks please !! ;D

 

I started with tap water and suffered problems. The thing with well water is that you don't know what could have leached into the aquifer. Everything from fertilizer to heavy metals. I would feel much safer using RO/DI.

 

+1 on the heavy metals and other contaminants. I would use RO.

 

let see a few fishes and bunch of corals that died a couple of hermits added to the tank to control algae problem, a few things here and there, the cost of getting a RO/DI unit, 180, everything else is priceless

 

ok...I see the point .....better to be safe then sorry ....it just seems like a pain in the rear to plumb it in and another thing to moniter ! So.....ATO from the RO unit .....Back to the DIY threads !!

 

Also what does you water test in TDS??? Needs to be 0 !

 

I agree. You can pickup a meter online for about 20 bucks. Making sure your at 0 ppm is important.

 

Tds ??

 

Srry having issues with Acronyms lately !! DT....HOB....TDS ?

 

dt = display tank
hob = hang on back
tds = total dissolved solids