Tap Water Use

[carnophage]

I was jsut wondering if anyone in the area uses straight tap water in their fish only tanks? Or should i use only RO, in a FOWLR. Thanks

[ldsreef]

I live in Kingsland Iv used rodi water and iv used water out the tap in my reef. I put water straight from tap into the tank and have had no problems but when I was useing rodi my rock and sand would turn brown so I went back to straight tap water and no problems

[clowninaround]

Which he was usin my rodi an my membrane is bad so i dont know much about the fish only tanks but i do know that this county cant pass their own water test an they have failed the last few years ask someone like Mrs puff she had fish only tanks

[Mrs Puff]

Oh, i forgot, 1 time kingsland charged their water, and i didnt know it and did a water change and killed everything in my tank ( freshwater) at that time.

[carnophage]

They did what?

[clowninaround]

i wwould just get a small rodi until or atleast a filter of some kind to filter your water

[Mrs Puff]

LOL, that's what they called it, what they did was treat the water, put alot of chemical's in it (clorine ect. ) . They do it every so often........

[ANGRY JOHN]

i would not worry about using an expensive ro/di for a fish only but somthing for drinking water would help alot. i have sevral filters on my house but there all cheap. i start with a standard hole house element filter to take out the chunks and yes it gets dirty. then i have a standard water softener to take a lot of the sulfer and crap out. Finaly i have a little drinking water filter under the sink. they are cheap and dont waste any water like ro does. If you can smell the water and it smells bad comming out of the tap, thats not great water. If you want realy cheap make a housing and pack with carbon and use that as a tank fill filter.

[72cutlass]

I know its not really practical for some of you with huge tanks but i lately have been using walmart drinking water. Its RO filtered water, so its pretty pure stuff and only 75cents a gallon. So far so good and no ill effects. I was using a local stores' RODI water for 50cents a gallon but ive since moved and they are now a 45minute drive.

[cutietwo]

when i had a fowlr I used tap water and never had a problem. of course, the water here is really good as well. still tho never had any problems. Now I use ro water b/c i have corals now and LR.

[new2reefs2009]

I live right on the beach and our tap water is high in phosphate..even with a carbon insert the water stays cloudy and the green hair algae flourishes. I use distilled water for now at 89 cents/gallon and the water sparkles.