sepulatian
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I am new to this and have posted several concerns on disease board. My first question is about tap water. I cannot afford an R/O unit right now. I have heard that if I let the water sit overnight it should be ok, I let the water sit overnight in 1 gal jugs. and use aqua plus water conditioner and Instant ocean salt. I do not leave the mix sitting overnight, I would need barrels to do that. Is this method ok? leaving the water to settle over night? Also. I am installing a protien skimmer tommorow. I hope this will help with water quality. Mine is not terrible, but some nitrate is present. I do weekly water changes of 10-20% again with water that I am not sure is good!(Tap with conditioner set out overnight)I would like to get one,(an R/O unit) but in the mean time, any suggestions to help with water quality would be greatly appreciated. I started my salt tank after research that said Salt is not much harder than fresh. I followed all steps recomended to turn my fresh tank to salt (no fish in it of course)and am running into a few bumps in the road. any GOOD advice would be welcome. I am also using a hang on whisper tank filter, with Carbon. another thing I was advised, but the more I read I am thinking this may be wrong. I use Chem pure bag in water flow and am using vita chem vitamines.
