R/O Water
Fish and plants cannot live in pure RO water.
There are 2 ways to make RO water suitable for FW fish and plants:
one way is to use 80% RO water plus 20% tap water
the other way is to use a product to re-constitute the RO water (add back minerals) such as Mark Weiss Recon 50 or Kent R/O Right
Also, it is important to keep the dKH = 4 degrees at a minimum, in order to keep the pH from falling suddenly to unsafe levels.
Pure RO water has no buffering capacity by itself.
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