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Old 07-09-2012, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by toytech View Post
ok so i did a quick test for you , phosphate of tap water was 0.25 and the total desolved solids was a whopping 175 ppm ( in abbotsford , bc it was 12ppm) . So there is phosphate in the water here as well as alot of other crap . I used straight tap water when i re setup my tank at the begining of june and had a bad hair algea outbreak , took me a bunch of ro/di water changes to get it under control. I love my ro/di unit , and i tapped into the line thats before the di resin to make drinking water and im so glad i did , i dont know how people here can drink this stuff!
Not all the dissolved solids can be called crap, some of it is calcium and other dissolved minerals.....
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