Hi all,
Following years of jealousy over those with super soft water, I've decided to get me an RO unit. Not specifically for aquarium use butwill be heavily weighted towards it. Having done some reading yesterday I find myself a little confused. Back when i used to test my water, it was all about GH/KH but this seems to have moved to a TDS model now. Naturally, i'll be getting a TDS meter as part of the setup given they are inexpesnsive.
I live in the East Midlands which is very hard water from what i'm told but what i'm not sure of is just how hard. While a curse to some extent, it seems a blessing with RO because i can just split the water changes with tap water to lower the overall hardness.
So the question I have is, what is a good softness/TDS level for general plant and fish health? Do i need to be concerned with GH/KH measurements?
If there are any good beginner guides to TDS that i may have missed, more than happy to be pointed in the right direction!
Thanks
Following years of jealousy over those with super soft water, I've decided to get me an RO unit. Not specifically for aquarium use butwill be heavily weighted towards it. Having done some reading yesterday I find myself a little confused. Back when i used to test my water, it was all about GH/KH but this seems to have moved to a TDS model now. Naturally, i'll be getting a TDS meter as part of the setup given they are inexpesnsive.
I live in the East Midlands which is very hard water from what i'm told but what i'm not sure of is just how hard. While a curse to some extent, it seems a blessing with RO because i can just split the water changes with tap water to lower the overall hardness.
So the question I have is, what is a good softness/TDS level for general plant and fish health? Do i need to be concerned with GH/KH measurements?
If there are any good beginner guides to TDS that i may have missed, more than happy to be pointed in the right direction!
Thanks