R/O water a must???

[The Unit]

i have been reading about octos for some time now and was considering a tank but found a bumpo in my plan...all of my tanks run on my tape water....and i just dont have the money for an R/O unit....so i think my octo tank will have to wait till after 6 years of college...

[OctoMonkey]

Well, maybe you might just get lucky!?

have you tested your tap water for nitrate, phosphate and copper yet? Maybe its not so bad???? Have a LFS test it for you.

Sometimes you can buy RO water from your LFS...

Colin

[Rudiger]

You are in college and need to find RO/di water? Go check out the biology building. I live in hanover (dartmouth college) almost every lab in the bio building has a RO unit, i just asked someone and they said it was fine to bring in some gallon jugs and take thier water.

[cephalopoder]

If you are into cephalopods for the haul, your best bet is to get a ro/di unit. I started out lugging water from the pet store. I carried home 1 gallon jugs. I then switched to 5 gallon pails. The best investment I ever made with keeping marine tanks is a 4 stage ro/di system and a 200 gallon bucket of good salt.Im sure you can do with some tap waters or a simple 2 stage ro/di unit however.....To be honest,nothing makes me feel better about the quality of my tanks than knowing the water I use is the most pure it can be, these animals can be very sensative water conditions. O.bimaculoides is a very hardy species. You could encounter a more difficult unknown species someday and good water quality may make a difference.