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no cccapt, i havent checked the tds, how would i go about doing that?

youre right i am stubborn but i posted this thread to see if there was anything completely flawed in my approach or if there was another measure i could take. Costwise though i would have to say you are wrong though, unless it somehow caused an immediate crash, buying a ro/di unit is a far...

thanks melosu, that was an EXTREMELY helpful article. Though, still, the water levels i was given do not come close to the ones explained there. .005 ppm of nitrates is almost absolutely nothing for a swt, .011 ppm of phosphate i believe is still not very important and both of these nutrients...

BELIEVE ME i know, i hate to sound rude, but i just want to know if those levels are acceptable. I have been researching alot and i do understand the importance of changing with pure water. also, does 1mg/l=1ppm?

hey, i just called our town's tap water supplier. They said there was .005 mg/l of nitrate, .011 mg/l of phosphate, and 540 micro mg/l of silicates. These levels look good to me, is there anything other level i should have asked them for. Our tap water is pretty clean and i found out it has only...

thats awesome, thanks. last question though: does coraline have beneficial aspects aside from asthetic appearance and competing with other algaes?

thanks that was the answer i was looking for phew. That brings me to my next question though. I understand it is the norm to light lr but would it still be beneficial enough without lighting? I understand there would be a considerable amount of dieoff due to the photosynthetic algea. Therefore...

Hey im new here. I am in the process of cycling a sw tank and doing alot of reasearch. I do have some ordinary overhead compacts but is there a dissadvantage in not properly lighting an FO tank?