08-20-2010, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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Originally Posted by JonT
With or without salt...
Water is the most solvent liquid on the planet. It tries to absorb everything. So, take your RO water, that you have removed all dissolved solids from (0 TDS right?) and now you have a liquid that is ready to absorb everything it can.
If you think I am full of it... Take a small piece of your live rock, and toss it in your holding tub. Wait a month or so, then go look. I bet you have a bunch of mush around the rock (if the rock is even left). The water is taking up the calcium, and other elements from the rock.
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mmmm...
rock mush. |