TDS Meter

[MrRyanT]

I don't know what these things normally run, but I just picked one up at Walgreens for $15. My tap water checked at 63, after going thru my refridgerator filter it checked 53, and after the sink filter I use for preparing water for my tank it checked at 48. I haven't replaced my filter in a long time. I've been thinking of switching to RO/DI, and from the looks of this, I guess I probably should. What kind of water is everyone else using and how good is your tap water or do you even know?

 

[neuroslicer]

my tap is 65 usually. my RO/DI is 0.0. when it gets to 1.0 I change out the DI resin. I change the primary filters every 9 months and the RO membrane every 2 years.

If you're still using tap, even if it's carbon filtered, you're just adding toxicity to your tank.

 

[MrRyanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12459816#post12459816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by neuroslicer
If you're still using tap, even if it's carbon filtered, you're just adding toxicity to your tank.

I couldn't agree more and I was completely shocked when I saw how high the reading was on the water I've been using for my tank.

 

[sperry]

Walgreens has TDS meters?

 

[joeycadre]

walgreen's has everything.

yeah go with an ro/di, 0 is so much better for the tank than 63.

 

[zebrafish]

I will never regret going to RO/DI the best investment I ever made.

 

[Reefdiver77]

I was lucky enough to win mine as a doorprize at our club meeting in Oxford, at Amy and Sandord's last year and I love it!!

 

[Goibot]

An RO/DI unit is the first piece of equipment i bought - and before the tank is up and running I will also pick up some kind of emergency generator as well. In Tipton county we loose power a bit more than you city dwellers.

 

[Blindside]

must use RO or the RED will come!

 

[MrRyanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12467428#post12467428 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Blindside
must use RO or the RED will come!

Yes it does. I've been fighting it for quite some time.