Tap water...Good/Bad?

[Mark Breithaupt]

We plan to purchase a RO or DI system for our sal****er tank.
However, we have started with a tap water treatment chemical designed to
eliminate heavy metals, especially chlorine. Our LR has been curing in
treated water, and our fishless quarintine tank is cycling with treated tap
water.
Does chemically treated water really provide safe water for fish? What are
the drawbacks? What is the best brand?
The LFS said they use it on there water and recommended using 10 times the
prescribed dose per gallon.
Any feedback?

Thanks in advance.

Mark and A

[Peter Pan]

RODI is pure H2O: From what everyone has ever told me about setting up a
tank IT ALL STARTS WITH THE WATER..
I don't know a lot about tanks but I do know this: It really does suck when
you have to throw away fish because you may not have good water. Do not cut
corners when it comes to your tanks to save money: 3 Stage RODI Filter is
the way to go

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"Mark Breithaupt" > wrote in message
...
> We plan to purchase a RO or DI system for our sal****er tank.
> However, we have started with a tap water treatment chemical designed to
> eliminate heavy metals, especially chlorine. Our LR has been curing in
> treated water, and our fishless quarintine tank is cycling with treated
tap
> water.
> Does chemically treated water really provide safe water for fish? What are
> the drawbacks? What is the best brand?
> The LFS said they use it on there water and recommended using 10 times the
> prescribed dose per gallon.
> Any feedback?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark and A
>
>

[wolfhedd]

in the meantime, i would just go down the the water store, or to one of
those water machines at a reputable grocery store. i used to service those
water machines, the TDS(total dissolved solids)can be as low as 1-10ppm in
some of those water machines, very clean.

I do have a TDS meter, but just thought of something, if i used it in the
salt tank, it would read off the scale, as salt is a dissolved solid, lol.
so it only works for CLEAN PURE H2O, but those machines are CLEAN! Trust
me. just go to a reputable super market, instead of a mom and pop liquor
store when choosing which water machine to trust.

wolfhedd


"Mark Breithaupt" > wrote in message
...
> We plan to purchase a RO or DI system for our sal****er tank.
> However, we have started with a tap water treatment chemical designed to
> eliminate heavy metals, especially chlorine. Our LR has been curing in
> treated water, and our fishless quarintine tank is cycling with treated
tap
> water.
> Does chemically treated water really provide safe water for fish? What are
> the drawbacks? What is the best brand?
> The LFS said they use it on there water and recommended using 10 times the
> prescribed dose per gallon.
> Any feedback?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark and A
>
>

[wolfhedd]

I have some Coralline Algae growing in my tank. just a few questions.
On some rocks, there is this smooth surfaced, thick crusty lavender stuff, i
think thats the coralline.

On other rocks, there is that pink calcium crust growing over it that
almost doesnt look like crust, it just looks like the rock itself. This
pink stuff is also the kind that appears to grow on powerheads and i guess
get on some tank glass and is hard to remove.

Are these both a type of Coralline Algae?

PS, this coralline algae seemed to do most of itys growing when my water
params were not so good on the past months, approx. No3-10ppm Phophate
1.0ppm, alk down to below 2.0 meq/L, calcium was prob about 200-400ppm then
also.

What nutrients, elements, or coumpoounds does coralline algae need the most
to grow good, the right Amount of calcium(between 250-450ppm)? and the right
Alkalinity? or is light and nutrients a big factor also. i assume the
light is, just wondering if that algae used iodide or some other trace
elements like that is in the Kents Essential Elements or you tell me, what
kents stuff is good for Coralline. I will keep the additives to a minimal
anyhow, just wondering.

right now im trying to just add superbuffer, turbo calc, to keep the Alk and
CA straqight. Maybe phytoplankton and coral acell every one to two weeks at
most, and essential elements and coral vite every two-four weeks. I dont
feed my tank anything else as i have no fish that need feeding, so that is
the total nutrient intake. i will start to harvest razor caluerpa soon, when
i add this basic household flourescent screw in 90 watt equivalent energy
miser bulb to my refugium to start that algae to grow better. this bulb will
work right? have some caluerpa in my intake box too, it gets good tank
light.

water params-
No3-0.2ppm
PH-8.4
Alk-9.8DKH
Phosphate-0.03ppm yay! -down from 1.0ppm

wolfhedd

"Mark Breithaupt" > wrote in message
...
> We plan to purchase a RO or DI system for our sal****er tank.
> However, we have started with a tap water treatment chemical designed to
> eliminate heavy metals, especially chlorine. Our LR has been curing in
> treated water, and our fishless quarintine tank is cycling with treated
tap
> water.
> Does chemically treated water really provide safe water for fish? What are
> the drawbacks? What is the best brand?
> The LFS said they use it on there water and recommended using 10 times the
> prescribed dose per gallon.
> Any feedback?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark and A
>
>

[Harald]

"wolfhedd" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> I have some Coralline Algae growing in my tank. just a few questions.
> On some rocks, there is this smooth surfaced, thick crusty lavender stuff,
i
> think thats the coralline.
>
> On other rocks, there is that pink calcium crust growing over it that
> almost doesnt look like crust, it just looks like the rock itself. This
> pink stuff is also the kind that appears to grow on powerheads and i guess
> get on some tank glass and is hard to remove.
>
> Are these both a type of Coralline Algae?

Yes.

> PS, this coralline algae seemed to do most of itys growing when my water
> params were not so good on the past months, approx. No3-10ppm Phophate
> 1.0ppm, alk down to below 2.0 meq/L, calcium was prob about 200-400ppm
then
> also.

Mine was growing its best when I did consistent water changes, YMMV.

> What nutrients, elements, or coumpoounds does coralline algae need the
most
> to grow good, the right Amount of calcium(between 250-450ppm)? and the
right
> Alkalinity? or is light and nutrients a big factor also. i assume the
> light is, just wondering if that algae used iodide or some other trace
> elements like that is in the Kents Essential Elements or you tell me, what
> kents stuff is good for Coralline. I will keep the additives to a minimal
> anyhow, just wondering.

I think mostly it's the bioavailable calcium that's important.

hth

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Harald
130 g Skimmerless SW Tank
290 lbs/6" DSB
70 lbs LR
3 B/G Chromis, 1 Tomato Clown, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 1 Flame Angel, 1 Foxface.

20 gal Skimmerless SW Nano
80 lbs/6" DSB
31 lbs LR,
1 - 3-Striped damsel, 1 Blue Devil, 1 sm. Tang