Where I live we can drink straight from the tap. We are the lucky ones that don't need ro/di water. Not like most in the States and big cities, we have clean water here. Was at a reefers house tonight and his tank looked amazing and he said he stopped using ro water 2 years ago!! I thanked him for letting me see his tank and the valuable tip because I was going to buy a ro unit. Not anymore. Very lucky indeed,
Do you drink from your tap?
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degibson84
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Where I live i think the water tastes great. My wife hates it and only drinks bottled water. I do have a sediment filter on my main water line but i still drink right out of the tap at my parents and in laws
No don't need to. It's all good. Thanks
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
No way. It tastes gross.
My TDS meter on my rodi usually reads about 130ppm, which isn't too bad, but I will not touch it without filtering it first. Same goes for my reef.
My TDS meter on my rodi usually reads about 130ppm, which isn't too bad, but I will not touch it without filtering it first. Same goes for my reef.
cakemanPA
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Good luck to you then... I hope it all works out or you
More pollution and more additives to the water to keep it "safe"
disc1
-RT * ln(k)
Depends. 5ppm of what exactly? Copper and your tank is dead. Phosphate and it's an algae farm. General hardness and who cares. Until you know what it is, the TDS is just a number.
sleepydoc
Team RC
+1 to what David said.
The water is safe to drink in virtually every city, and flavor is not a good indication of water content or safety. DI water tastes nasty, but we all use it in our tank, and there are plenty of substances that are toxic at levels we can't taste.
Contaminant levels can also vary through the year in many municipal supplies, so what's present or missing now, may not hold later on.
Many did fine, many had problems. If you have a RO/DI filter and have 0 TDS, you're virtually guaranteed to be good. If you're using tap water, you may or may not be, you just don't know.
The water is safe to drink in virtually every city, and flavor is not a good indication of water content or safety. DI water tastes nasty, but we all use it in our tank, and there are plenty of substances that are toxic at levels we can't taste.
Contaminant levels can also vary through the year in many municipal supplies, so what's present or missing now, may not hold later on.
Many did fine, many had problems. If you have a RO/DI filter and have 0 TDS, you're virtually guaranteed to be good. If you're using tap water, you may or may not be, you just don't know.
Spawn234 - I know you are from Newfoundland Canada which has different quality water than others.
My self personally... I would NEVER drink water that has not been through a professional/municipal system, here, where I live.
When I visit family in other states, I have no problem going to a stream and drinking straight from it.
Personally my tap water is chlorinated heavily and there are other chemicals leaching from pipes that were in place well before my parents were ever here. Not that it makes a difference, but each location is different.
When I first setup a SW tank, and way before I even thought about researching it from my fresh days, I used tap water and a dechlorinator. Everything was going good... Then I started to see algae...
Yes I agree lights, feeding, rock, the list goes on. But not long after that I read up about testing, not only the tank but what I was putting in the tank.
Your tds of 6 is very nice compared to others.
I know you say that you do not have to test. Is this a well system or a municipality?
I ask because I have a friend that uses a well system and uses it in his tank with zero problems. We want to take his water to get a full test just to see what is under the surface.
I had mine tested professionally and while it is good for human consumption there are a few items that make me want to get a whole house system.
I wonder what yours would look like if it was tested. I personally love fresh crisp water.
My self personally... I would NEVER drink water that has not been through a professional/municipal system, here, where I live.
When I visit family in other states, I have no problem going to a stream and drinking straight from it.
Personally my tap water is chlorinated heavily and there are other chemicals leaching from pipes that were in place well before my parents were ever here. Not that it makes a difference, but each location is different.
When I first setup a SW tank, and way before I even thought about researching it from my fresh days, I used tap water and a dechlorinator. Everything was going good... Then I started to see algae...
Yes I agree lights, feeding, rock, the list goes on. But not long after that I read up about testing, not only the tank but what I was putting in the tank.
Your tds of 6 is very nice compared to others.
I know you say that you do not have to test. Is this a well system or a municipality?
I ask because I have a friend that uses a well system and uses it in his tank with zero problems. We want to take his water to get a full test just to see what is under the surface.
I had mine tested professionally and while it is good for human consumption there are a few items that make me want to get a whole house system.
I wonder what yours would look like if it was tested. I personally love fresh crisp water.
Live in the Capitol' St.John's. Water from two lakes depending where you live, either one or the other. I have drank the water right from the lake. In the meantime I mention this because alot of reefers here use tap water according to the LFS because their tanks have no apparent problems ie algae. I'm going to use it too and hopefully will work out. IOf the tank I saw tonight is a testament, Ill do fine.
WOW.... I am actually jealous...
Yes I have been at an LFS that told someone to use tap water. Funny because not all water systems are created equal.
It is a matter of experience. To research some things, we would never leave the house. To verify them, we travel the world.
So... what are you building with this clean water?
Yes I have been at an LFS that told someone to use tap water. Funny because not all water systems are created equal.
It is a matter of experience. To research some things, we would never leave the house. To verify them, we travel the world.
So... what are you building with this clean water?
I have to admit that I did drink the tap water, and still do at night when I don't feel like running to the kitchen. That is until I read enough of worm's posts to wonder how bad it really was. I had merely been 'airing it out' for a few days to get rid of Chlorine, but after I saw that the nitrates in my 'fresh' water were over twice as high as my tank (over 100 , not quite enough to max out a API test) I broke down and got RO/DI. I first tried just a small DI, but by the time I had 5 gallons made, I was already getting nitrates through it.
Now that I know just how bad the water here is I won't even use it for my daughter's FW tank.
Now that I know just how bad the water here is I won't even use it for my daughter's FW tank.
Really depends where you live , but in el paso texas , Its purified toilet water. And I do work for El Paso Water Utilities and the main man would not answer that question whene I asked him. Im sure its safe enough but unless its heated for food or coffee I wont drink it. Bottle only.
Lucky we don't have that problem.
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