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Old 03-30-2007, 04:10 PM
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You guys don't really need RO in Van, just a couple DI cartridges will do the trick. What are most of you running for water filtration out there?
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Old 03-30-2007, 04:24 PM
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API Tap Water Purifier!

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You guys don't really need RO in Van, just a couple DI cartridges will do the trick. What are most of you running for water filtration out there?
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Old 03-30-2007, 04:59 PM
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City of Calgary posts there water quality at a TDS of 177-290 mg/L
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Old 03-30-2007, 05:00 PM
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Also post a calcium level of approx. 40 - 70 mg/L
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Old 03-30-2007, 06:41 PM
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Try 360 here in the prairies and 45 minutes west it's 800
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Old 03-30-2007, 07:32 PM
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last summer and fall is was hovering around 60ppm and over the winter it's crept up to around 95.
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Old 03-30-2007, 07:41 PM
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Old 03-30-2007, 10:55 PM
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My TDS readings were in the 7-10 range in Coquitlam. I originally thought my meter was broken. Now, I've learned that we just have clean water....
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Old 03-31-2007, 12:57 AM
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Yes we are very lucky out here on the Wet coast. Our water is very soft because we don't use well water except for a few homes and our water is all rainwater collected and stored in reservoirs (spell check).

When I bred Discus a friend of mine in Vancouver sent Mike Wells a well known discus breeder a sample of our water. He informed her our water was to soft to sustain life, for discus he recommended adding R/O Right, just a small amount but yep she had to add to the water.

The one thing we need to be concerned about in regards to our water is what is being added, chloramines, flouride etc... Over one summer I found our pH swinging from 6.8 to 5ish to almost 7 and then all over the place again. Because we have no buffering capacity in our water a bit of rain can make some dramatic changes in pH etc...

I agree a DI filter fits our needs perfectly, API Tap Water Purifier is my filter of choice.

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Old 03-31-2007, 01:31 AM
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Well i think us in Brandon ,Manitoba have the worst mine was at

945 ppm

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