Calgary Water

Pazil · #1 05-27-2009, 01:28 AM

Anyone do a tds reading lately on Calgary tap water.... I just tested mine and my ro/di unit... My tap water was reading only 12 and my ro/di unit was reading 2. I did not think our tap water was that good.... Maybe its time to buy a better tds meter... Cheapy walmart one

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sitandwatch · #2 05-27-2009, 01:43 AM

Yup just now.

147 out of the tap
0 out of the ro/di

Pazil · #3 05-27-2009, 01:58 AM

Dam I wonder what my ro/di is really at then!!!!

hummer · #4 05-27-2009, 03:19 AM

did mine a few months ago.
135 for tap
0 for RO

Delphinus · #5 05-27-2009, 03:28 AM

I'm getting >200 out of the tap at the moment, although mine comes out of Glenmore and if you're in the north yours is coming out of Bearspaw, and I believe I've heard that Glenmore is usually quite a bit harder.

xtreme · #6 05-27-2009, 03:29 AM

Mine is usually about 120ppm going into the ro/di.

Tyson · #7 06-12-2009, 07:43 PM

Just now 135ppm in the SE.

bigmac · #8 06-13-2009, 02:56 PM

I live in the north of Calgary and mine is always hovering between 170 to 200 ppm from the tap.

Fishward · #9 06-22-2009, 09:50 PM

Im fairly new to the Marine fishkeeping hobby. Is there something bad about using Calgary water for a FOWLR tank? is a RO/DI unit a necessity? does the hardness of calgary water not help buffer pH? of is it too much?

sitandwatch · #10 06-22-2009, 10:24 PM

You can use Calgary water just get a good conditioner like PRIME, but if you want to control what is in the water then get an ro/di until or get water brought in.