Pony of the Sea
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
i have been keeping a 20 gal mixed reef tank successfully for over a year now. I am located in northern NJ where our water is VERY HARD. I check my tap and the TDS varys from 550-650! as high as that is i began my tank using no more than tap water with some tap conditioner. I have experienced no serious negative side effects aside from the occasional algae bloom in the tanks infancy. After a year i have only upgraded to filtered tap water (500-600 TDS).
I now live mainly in the Bronx, NY. I have tested the water in the bronx and it tests 20-35 TDS.
I am setting up a new tank in the bronx and am really trying to do everything right, and not do the same mistakes i made with my current tank.
An RO/DI system was always on the top of my list of things to get, but now that the TDS is so low in my apartment should i even bother?
and please be a little open minded people, i know everyone says "YOU CANT START A SW TANK W/O RO/DI" i get it, its obviously the prefered way but to say it cant be done with tap water is nieve.
thanks,
John
I now live mainly in the Bronx, NY. I have tested the water in the bronx and it tests 20-35 TDS.
I am setting up a new tank in the bronx and am really trying to do everything right, and not do the same mistakes i made with my current tank.
An RO/DI system was always on the top of my list of things to get, but now that the TDS is so low in my apartment should i even bother?
and please be a little open minded people, i know everyone says "YOU CANT START A SW TANK W/O RO/DI" i get it, its obviously the prefered way but to say it cant be done with tap water is nieve.
thanks,
John