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well i figured since it was highly filtered water, and i was going to use it with saltwater setup, might as well use it for fresh....any reason for diluting it? does tap water contain chemicals/minerals/something beneficial to freshwater setups that the ro/di process would remove?

hello starting a thread on this cuz i cant seem to find much info when i search.. i am in plans to startup a saltwater tank, and one of my first purchases will be a ro/di filtration unit....is it safe to use this water in my freshwater tank? after i slowly acclimate my fish to it of course...

cool, thanks for all the info...i think i'll be daring and let nature take its course.... :mrgreen:

any idea how many snails i'll get from this? i lost one snail the other day, so having more seems fine to me, unless i'm going to get 100's of them....

aha! thats what I initially thought they were....any recommendations on what to do with it?

sorry for the size, any idea what it is? wasnt there yesterday, was there this morning....those aliens sure move quick!

heh, sorry to bother you with all these questions, but i just thought of something...going back to the light i was originally looking at http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=29621;category_id=1875;pcid1=1843;pcid2= it does have 2x65W bulbs + 2 moonlites....however, i...

thanks for the info! what is the purpose of the lunar light? i think i'm looking at them cuz of the coolness factor, more then a need-to-have thing..

co2 injection, not as yet.....so 130W is alot eh...i was going on some not-fully-understood information i read here once about 2.5W/g or something along those lines...the initial plants i want are micro swords, and some anacharis....would you be kind enough to perhaps suggest another lighting...

Anyone use these before and can comment on their quality? The one I'm looking at is: http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=29621;category_id=1875;pcid1=1843;pcid2= If you don't suggest these guys, can anyone suggest a good light system? Currently I'm running at about 20W...

heh, ok silly question time....speaking of the algae cleaners....i bought a floating magnet one the other day...pulling it out of the package, i noticed that one side of teh cleaner was a felt like material, and the other side was a velcro like material...SO....which side goes IN the tank and...

thanks for confirming something i had been wondering about tankgirl....the turning off the faucet after the sump gets going....i will try that later this week, if not tonight....my nitrite levels have finally jumped! my 4 danios are taking the hit like a champ, as well as the one guppy fry who...

hrmm, i just thought of something...i use a python to do water changes....would it be safe for me to rinse out the filter in the water that is flowing out of the faucet end when i switch the python to vacuum?

that's what i thought.... now i can say to my gf HAHA! since i told her that, and she said no! hehe

so i was at the pet store the other day, and noticed on the back of the filter media i was looking at, that you should change your filter every 2-4 weeks...I'm still cycling, and its been about 3 weeks now....should i wait to change out my filter media until my tank has cycled? I'm just thinking...