Calgary Tap Water: Any Copper Issues?

[Aquattro]

Copper pipes "could" leach into the water, especially if you're mixing hot and cold. Hot water would pull more copper out of the pipes.

[Enigma]

Thanks for the info

We're in an old house in Huntington Hills. The pipes I can see are not copper, but who knows what is behind the walls.

I am now looking at an RO/DI system. Though the fish tanks are small, we have many carvinorous plants in the house that also require RO/DI. I also use the RO/DI water in our three AeroGardens. I'm constantly at Walmart buying water (or so it seems). An RO/DI system would pay for itself in a year (based on my calculations) and be much more convenient.

[b16a2]

From my experiance I have found Calgary's tap water to be very harmful to my reef. I have not conducted any tests on the fresh water itself, only how my reef has responded to it.

Long story short, Calgary's tap water was encouraging green hair algae growth throughout my whole tank (including sump!) After switching to pre-purchased RO/DI water though, my water hasnt been more clear and my previous algae issue is almost completely resolved.

I would recomend treating your frish to the good life with some clean pure RO/DI water. Here in town you can purchase it for 1$ per gallon, and I believe it is worth every cent.

Good luck. Please document anything if you do experiment. Im curious to see what you guys come up with.