Dominic
Member
Hi guys,
So, the other week, we had a double-discount sale for the colleagues for a couple of days. This meant that I get 40% off anything i want in store, so I decided to make the most of it and buy a bunch of stuff, including "R.O".
At work, we had two R.O units- one better, smaller one, and one rubbish bigger one. As the store is ripping out the R.O units i decided to use my old tank to store 250 litres of R.O for a couple of weeks. It is currently in my shed with a 3200lph circulation pump running inside, to prevent the water becoming stagnant, and covered with black bin bags to prevent algae growth.
However, today, when I went to collect the water, to my horror, i saw that the smaller unit had already been ripped out. This left me with the larger, rubbish one. I decided to take the water anyway as it was better than nothing, and tested it when i got home. These are my results.
-pH- 7.0
-kH- 5
-gH- 6
If i'm right, correct me if i'm wrong, but the kH and gH seem ideal for keeping chocolate gourami? No remineralising will be needed right? I am going to be using pressurised co2 in this tank, so the ph should drop down to 6.0, however i may put some peat in the filter anyway.
What do you guys think? Does this seem suitable?
Any feedback/suggestions are welcome
So, the other week, we had a double-discount sale for the colleagues for a couple of days. This meant that I get 40% off anything i want in store, so I decided to make the most of it and buy a bunch of stuff, including "R.O".
At work, we had two R.O units- one better, smaller one, and one rubbish bigger one. As the store is ripping out the R.O units i decided to use my old tank to store 250 litres of R.O for a couple of weeks. It is currently in my shed with a 3200lph circulation pump running inside, to prevent the water becoming stagnant, and covered with black bin bags to prevent algae growth.
However, today, when I went to collect the water, to my horror, i saw that the smaller unit had already been ripped out. This left me with the larger, rubbish one. I decided to take the water anyway as it was better than nothing, and tested it when i got home. These are my results.
-pH- 7.0
-kH- 5
-gH- 6
If i'm right, correct me if i'm wrong, but the kH and gH seem ideal for keeping chocolate gourami? No remineralising will be needed right? I am going to be using pressurised co2 in this tank, so the ph should drop down to 6.0, however i may put some peat in the filter anyway.
What do you guys think? Does this seem suitable?
Any feedback/suggestions are welcome