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![]() the tap water from lower mainland is pretty soft and only has 10 ppm tds
anyone has long-term success with tap water for sps tanks? |
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![]() I'm sure it can be done but dont see why you would want to you will have better success with ro water in my opinion if you can afford sps you can afford a ro unit.they come up in the buy and sell often also jl has one for a bit over 100 dollars.
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![]() It is pretty amazing how clean our water is though. My RO filter was changed in November and its now just a bit beige. You see dudes online cleaning out 6 month old filters that are covered in what looks like mud. We are lucky people here in the west.
Still, the RO unit at J&L is $100, go get one. |
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![]() Although I have an RO system, I know of a few people that have sps and use tap water.
Anthony from seahorse fanatic is one. |
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![]() Do you guys remember John's (aka lobsterboy)tank? He used water right out of the fawcet and his sps were always top notch. So, it can be done.
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![]() I think its to general of a statement because we all have different parameters in our tap water and it does vary from time to time. I think consistency is the key that's why ro is preferred. my tds is 65 out of the tap
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