As part of my new tank venture, I am intending to re-use an old method I used to use for performing somewhat automatic water changes. I use a sealed container with 'fresh' water and cycle this with tank water. This is a closed loop system with a pump, which ultimately mixes the two together - not the most efficient method, but tap water/dechlorinator is cheap (dodgy diagram below).
This wasn't an issue back in the marine days as the tap water/salt mix was fairly consistent to what was in the tank. Now in my new freshwater planted tank, this is unlikely to be the case due to substrate/system choice.
What problems can using tap water (with seachem prime) for a water change in a soft water tank cause? Appreciate there may be high TDS and some phosphates in the water.
I can do the change/mix cycle over a longer period (e.g. minutes/hours as necessary).
This wasn't an issue back in the marine days as the tap water/salt mix was fairly consistent to what was in the tank. Now in my new freshwater planted tank, this is unlikely to be the case due to substrate/system choice.
What problems can using tap water (with seachem prime) for a water change in a soft water tank cause? Appreciate there may be high TDS and some phosphates in the water.
I can do the change/mix cycle over a longer period (e.g. minutes/hours as necessary).