Water

[Starscream]

Just wondering I ve been using tap water for years as my top up and water changes!! Because my water always tested very good. Was wondering if 5 gallon bottled water from the supermarket is ok to use? The reason I am asking is I still have a green hair alge problem. And all my tests are right on target. Soo I am just gonna start from square one.

Thanks for any help

 

[Starscream]

Week 2 in 29 gallon biocube
Some serious hair green alge prob!
Transferred from 3 year old 90 gallon

0- phos
0- silicate
Ammonia 0.0
Nitrites 0.0
Lights on from 8 am till 6pm
Do yu have soft corals Kenya trees and mushrooms.
Everything seems to be happy. Even have rowa phos remover in sack having water filter through it.

 

[melosu58]

Tap Water in the Saltwater Reef

FantasyReef Databases-Viewing item "10 Step Plan for Nuisance Algae Control"

 

[joy13]

Usually there is phosphates and nitrates in tap water they have a tendency to build up over time and make the tank worse. It looks like you have a yellow tang in the tank. Their bioload is very high making the situation worse. RO water will help but not right away, I got a used tank about 8 months ago that had a hair algae issue I am starting to see an improvement but I still have hair algae particularly on a snail.

 

[Starscream]

What's the best way to get RO water?

 

[SteveFishman]

Buy a RO/DI system

 

[melosu58]

Alot of your grocery stores have them. Walmart has them and your LFS usually have it.

 

[SteveFishman]

Try eBay that's where I got mine