Review on KZ T5 Bulbs

[Blue World Aquariums]

Great tank!

[chris88]

Thanks everyone. I am not going to lie i cut a lot of corners but it seems to work. Everything you see has grown from a frag or a small colony over the past year. Tap water, water changes every 3/4 weeks, and i dose everything manually. That has to be the biggest pain in the but. My tank consumes 1dkh a day and 15ppm of calcium per day. I have to does a lot to keep up with it.

[kien]

The fact that you have such a nice tank with tap water makes me wonder why I am wasting so much water making RO for my tank.. I've seen a few other nice tap water tanks too.

[chris88]

I have never used anything but tap water and i dont get any algae growth at all. Here is an even bigger shocker i only declorinate when i do water changes. when i top off, which is multiple times a day, i used straight up tap water from the bath tub lol. I know its not the smartest thing but i know what my system can handle and it doesnt bother it. I haven't lots a fish or coral in a very long time due to poor health so there is no reason to change anything. If i had an RO system hooked up to my tap i weould use it but i dont feel like investing in one at this time.

[Blue World Aquariums]

Originally Posted by kien

The fact that you have such a nice tank with tap water makes me wonder why I am wasting so much water making RO for my tank.. I've seen a few other nice tap water tanks too.

There are people that have good luck with tap water, but there's a lot to be said for peace of mind. Especially when you're dealing with sensitive livestock worth thousands! Also, when you're having a problem, it's nice to be able to eliminate source water as the cause.

[chris88]

Very good point. You also have to know what is in your tap water and know that not all tap water is the same. Also you are adding way more phosphates from feeding then you do from tap water. My biggest worry would be metals from the pipes. Things that i can't test for.