Hi All,
I run my 125l aquarium on remineralised RO Water and I have hengels rasbora and Amano shrimp.
My LFS has closed completely and I've got enough water for one 10% water change plus top-ups. If we are only going to be in this situation for 3 weeks, I might just manage, but any longer and things could get difficult.
I've been considering my options and here's what I've concluded:
1 - Softening 'pillows'. The main drawback with these appears to be that they can increase the salt in your water.
2 - Buy water online (it needs to be delivered to my door).
3 - Buy an RO Unit. This would be the obvious solution, except I don't have space in an easily accessible area to hook it up. Would a drinking water filter system suffice?
4. Small water changes with tap water or 10% with a 50/50 mix of tap/RO. My tap GH is very near the limit my fish can stand, and incorrect water hardness was the reason I lost fish when I was a 'newbie', so obviously I'm reluctant to go there (also my tap water frequently smells like chemicals, but I always keep tap water conditioner on hand).
I also wondered of there an additive which is the opposite of remineraliser and allows you to soften water by a specific amount.
My aquarium parameters are as follows:
Tank:
Gh - 9
Kh - 4
Ph - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 20+ (still in safe zone according to my test kit, but definitely less than 30).
Tap:
Gh - 13-14 (I'd say 13.5)
Kh - 12
Ph - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 5 max
Any advice gratefully recived!
I run my 125l aquarium on remineralised RO Water and I have hengels rasbora and Amano shrimp.
My LFS has closed completely and I've got enough water for one 10% water change plus top-ups. If we are only going to be in this situation for 3 weeks, I might just manage, but any longer and things could get difficult.
I've been considering my options and here's what I've concluded:
1 - Softening 'pillows'. The main drawback with these appears to be that they can increase the salt in your water.
2 - Buy water online (it needs to be delivered to my door).
3 - Buy an RO Unit. This would be the obvious solution, except I don't have space in an easily accessible area to hook it up. Would a drinking water filter system suffice?
4. Small water changes with tap water or 10% with a 50/50 mix of tap/RO. My tap GH is very near the limit my fish can stand, and incorrect water hardness was the reason I lost fish when I was a 'newbie', so obviously I'm reluctant to go there (also my tap water frequently smells like chemicals, but I always keep tap water conditioner on hand).
I also wondered of there an additive which is the opposite of remineraliser and allows you to soften water by a specific amount.
My aquarium parameters are as follows:
Tank:
Gh - 9
Kh - 4
Ph - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 20+ (still in safe zone according to my test kit, but definitely less than 30).
Tap:
Gh - 13-14 (I'd say 13.5)
Kh - 12
Ph - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 5 max
Any advice gratefully recived!