What's all the hype about R/O Water

sweetdawn

Active Member
when i first started out i used tap water with a britta filter and it was ok by the time it was done with the cycle. It did take a long time to cycle though. after that i bought ro water. one day i was fighting with my skimmer (hate my skimmer) and it disconnected and i lost like three gallons of water onto the floor. small tank so i panic and i add tap water to a cycled system it took me three months to get my water right again and to be done with red algea and other problems that came up.
 

sammiefish

Member
this discussion prompted me to look up my local water supply details...
interestingly (to me) is that hardness was reported as 25 grains per gallon (about 430 ppm CaCO3) pretty good to grow corals.. too bad we have to get rid of everything by RO/DI then add back just what we need or want (which is probably most of whats in the water in the first place) something like one bad apple...
just to comment on the Britta filter ... someone here actually did a TDS measurement on Britta filtered water. I cant recall the exact # but Im pretty sure it was over 100
 

sankysyuck

Member
Originally Posted by acrylic51
The Tap Water Filters are crap!!!!! A friend of mine went this route and you could see the difference like night and day when he finally decided not to be a cheap

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and buy an RO/DI unit.....These things can't even compare to an RO/DI unit. Might be fine for Discus and FW, but a you won't have the same water quality....Trust me!!!!!
I've been using this filter for yeaaaaars and it's worked great. Maybe your friend lives somewhere where his/her water is very polluted with metals ect. But where I live it works just fine, your friend may have also used it wrong, you have to keep a correct water flow through it, that means, not to fast not to slow or it will screw up the whole proccess. I admit, theres no doubt that RO/DI units are much much better than this simple tap water purifier, but for someone who isn't looking to spend a lot of money it's very affordable and the results are very good. And beleive me, I'm no novice, I've kept and still keep many "expert only" fish and inverts. Some that I have now just to name a few: Seahorses, Octopus, Freshwater Stingray, Discus, Flame Scallops, and a variety of nudibranches, and I havn't lost any of them yet! So I think this device is sufficient enough. :yes:
 
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