David Shanahan
Member
I've been mulling over this for a week or so.
I'm setting up a new tank at the moment. I'm cycling the tank with aquasoil, plantless, fishless to get the ammonia spike out of the way. The tank is an ADA 60p with an ADA ES600 filter for starters. I'm going to plant in a couple of weeks, but had some questions and 'theories'. So here goes with the dilemma.
Once I've cycled the tank I'm going to be straight into 50% weekly water changes. Now I figure that because ADA don't sell remineraliser, but do sell dechlorinator that ADA just use good old tap water and I was planning on using the complete ADA fertiliser system. Bang goes the theory and the question at hand.
Do I use good old corporation pop, or go out and buy RO water, then do I remineralise the RO water? Or do I cut the RO water with tap water, say 4 to 1 RO to tap? This is probably all inconsequential as long as Co2, flow and ferts are all sorted and I regularly do water changes.
It would be interesting to see what people think, and would be especially interested to see what the general consensus is from people from the Manchester area as to what they use for water changes.
I'm setting up a new tank at the moment. I'm cycling the tank with aquasoil, plantless, fishless to get the ammonia spike out of the way. The tank is an ADA 60p with an ADA ES600 filter for starters. I'm going to plant in a couple of weeks, but had some questions and 'theories'. So here goes with the dilemma.
Once I've cycled the tank I'm going to be straight into 50% weekly water changes. Now I figure that because ADA don't sell remineraliser, but do sell dechlorinator that ADA just use good old tap water and I was planning on using the complete ADA fertiliser system. Bang goes the theory and the question at hand.
Do I use good old corporation pop, or go out and buy RO water, then do I remineralise the RO water? Or do I cut the RO water with tap water, say 4 to 1 RO to tap? This is probably all inconsequential as long as Co2, flow and ferts are all sorted and I regularly do water changes.
It would be interesting to see what people think, and would be especially interested to see what the general consensus is from people from the Manchester area as to what they use for water changes.