vromanowski
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Feb 20, 2010
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Hi everyone, I'm really stoked I found these forums (google). I'm new to this hobby, started a 10 gal about 2 months ago and I'm really enjoying it so far but I'd like to know a little more so I'm hoping some of you can answer a few questions for me.
My kitchen faucet has a pur water filter on it, so that's what I've been using so far, treating it first with a chlorine, chloramine, and heavy metal conditioner. I also have a pH tester and some balancing tablets that keep it neutral.
so my questions:
#1: do I even need to use the water conditioner if I'm using a filter on my faucet?
#2: I bought a few gallons of drinking water from walmart, the bottle says they're processed by ozonation, advanced filtration, and reverse osmosis. Is this OK for the fish or should I just dump that water out? I mainly bought them so I can use the bottles to always have extra water available, but if the water in them is fine for aquarium use that's a plus.
#3: I also saw bottles of spring water at walmart, is this OK for aquarium use? I know you're not supposed to used distilled water, but I wasn't sure which was better between drinking and spring.
#4. I read you're always supposed to test for water hardness, but I'm wondering how necessary that is if you're using filtered/bottled water.
My kitchen faucet has a pur water filter on it, so that's what I've been using so far, treating it first with a chlorine, chloramine, and heavy metal conditioner. I also have a pH tester and some balancing tablets that keep it neutral.
so my questions:
#1: do I even need to use the water conditioner if I'm using a filter on my faucet?
#2: I bought a few gallons of drinking water from walmart, the bottle says they're processed by ozonation, advanced filtration, and reverse osmosis. Is this OK for the fish or should I just dump that water out? I mainly bought them so I can use the bottles to always have extra water available, but if the water in them is fine for aquarium use that's a plus.
#3: I also saw bottles of spring water at walmart, is this OK for aquarium use? I know you're not supposed to used distilled water, but I wasn't sure which was better between drinking and spring.
#4. I read you're always supposed to test for water hardness, but I'm wondering how necessary that is if you're using filtered/bottled water.