Tap water! Bad idea????

[Cap'n]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

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[fkshiu]

Originally Posted by Buddyboy

Hi All,

Just wanted to know your opinion on using tap water for an initial tank fillup?
I have a rinky dinky little Aqua Pharm Tap Water conditioner and i'm not looking forward to having to make 38G of RO water with it.

Just a correction, the water coming out of the AP Tap Water conditioner is DI water and NOT RO water.

[TheReefGeek]

DI is stripped of more than RO I believe. People use RODI because using just DI would deplete the DI media really quickly, and it is more expensive to replace than the RO membrane, carbon and filter media.