VanEternal
New Member
Hi,
I am restarting my planted tank and currently wondering whether I should use RO water instead of tap water. I have a reef tank, therefore I produce a lot of RO water anyways, but the amount of waste water it produces is quite frustrating.
I live in South London, where the water quality isn't the best.
TDS 380~
Nitrates at around 40 ppm
Total Hardness (CaCO3) 270 mg/l
PH 7.3
Before I had a go at setting up a low budget planted aquarium which went Ok without RO water, only tap, but had consistent problems with algae even with strict water changes schedule.
Therefore, from your experiences do you think using RO water and controlling its parameters by adding buffers etc to achieve the desired levels is worth the effort? Or same results can be achieved by using only tap water. Whats your views on this ?
This time around, I will be using co2 and more 'high tech equipment'.
Looking forward for your opinions.
I am restarting my planted tank and currently wondering whether I should use RO water instead of tap water. I have a reef tank, therefore I produce a lot of RO water anyways, but the amount of waste water it produces is quite frustrating.
I live in South London, where the water quality isn't the best.
TDS 380~
Nitrates at around 40 ppm
Total Hardness (CaCO3) 270 mg/l
PH 7.3
Before I had a go at setting up a low budget planted aquarium which went Ok without RO water, only tap, but had consistent problems with algae even with strict water changes schedule.
Therefore, from your experiences do you think using RO water and controlling its parameters by adding buffers etc to achieve the desired levels is worth the effort? Or same results can be achieved by using only tap water. Whats your views on this ?
This time around, I will be using co2 and more 'high tech equipment'.
Looking forward for your opinions.