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11-28-2005, 04:42 PM
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hmmm...
I'm trying to get this straight: I need an extra bucket of warm salty water to do water changes made up in advance. I need an extra bucket of warm tap water prepared in advance to top up because of evaporation. I need a quarantine tank to acclimate and check health of specimens. I need another source of income! Is it necessary to add water conditioners to everything? To make sure there is no chlorine?
thanks, marc 
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11-28-2005, 04:48 PM
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Don't use tap water unless you have a RO/DI unit.
Since I have only a 10g tank I just have two Culligan RO water bottles that I get refilled. I always have salt water on hand with a powerhead and heater keeping it just right. I do daily top offs, but to get the water to the proper temp I just put a little bit in the microwave and mix in with the top off amount to get the right tank temp. Greg
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11-28-2005, 04:53 PM
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It is most definitely appropriate to condition any tap water being used. Use PRIME by SeaChem , seems to be the better one . But yeah, use RO/DI if you have a unit already.
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11-28-2005, 06:05 PM
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11-28-2005, 06:16 PM
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I wasn't necessarily refering to the cost of water or of buckets but rather the overall cost of this operation. I was whining and whinging ;-)
I just can't wait for my fish to get big enough to eat  OK OK, just joking... peace thank-yous to all of you! marc
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11-28-2005, 06:51 PM
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The way I read it, it says that if a person has a RO/DI unit they should use tap water. 
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11-28-2005, 07:27 PM
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I think he means tapwater that has been filtered through a RO/DI unit. Otherwise, one could go with bottled water, or something.
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11-28-2005, 07:29 PM
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 I'm basically saying don't use water directly out of the faucet for top offs.
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11-28-2005, 07:33 PM
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I have never used anything but tapwater, and am very happy with the results. 
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