iamkush
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
can I just use treated tap water, I live in the city so i know It has chlorine and things in it. Ive been reading online thats not the best way to go, but what is? thank you for your help!
You are absolutly right... sorry about that. Thinking of my freshwater ha. I will change that. Distilled water may still contain trace elements of copper which is no good for marine tanks.I think the di is for de-ionization
We bought our RO/DI system off ebay for 100 bucks. It does 100g a day and beats having to carry 5 gallon buckets back and forth to the LFS.You can get your own RO/DI unit for pretty cheap then you won't have to go to the Lfs every time you need water.
I don't understand what your asking about?
Distilled water may still contain trace elements of copper which is no good for marine tanks.
GreenHornet said:I also have another silly question. I live near the ocean. Would it be OK to get water & sand from the beach to use, or is there too much of a chance of contaminating something?
What about well water? I have a basic charcoal filter in the home, & used it to top off a 35 gallon setup given to me from my brother, about 15 gallons. after about a week, It has developed a hard white "scale" on the inside glass. It is very difficult to scrape off, even with a razor.
I noticed my calcium, phosphate & ph was high, but my salinity is just under 1.019, holding steady, even after slowly adding salt. The 2 fish I had eventually died, but suddenly. They were looking fine, not appearing stressed, then gone within 18 hours. I thought it may have started to cycle again because of the water add, so I got snails as cleaners, but they appeared to have died within 2 days.
So now I have just changed out @ 10 gals with distilled water, using a phosphate absorber. Sorry for the long winded info, but I'm stumped. I have approx. 30 lbs of live rock. I just hope it's still "live", LOL. Thanks for any help.
GreenHornet said:I also have another silly question. I live near the ocean. Would it be OK to get water & sand from the beach to use, or is there too much of a chance of contaminating something?