what water do you use? POLL

[MPevine11]

what water do you use for aquarium use?


RO/DI:
have your own system. or get from a friend. or from the local pet store


TAP water:
straight from the tap




just currous to what you guys use.........
PLEASE VOTE

[MPevine11]

feel free to post why you use what you voted for......


I use RODI to help controll alage, and to keep unwanted chemicas out of my water

[LPS_Blasto]

I think most people are going to vote for the RO unit. It's pretty much accepted in this hobby that you're just setting yourself up to fail if you don't use some type of water filter to remove heavy metals and other chemicals found in drinking water. Chemicals such as phosphates, nitrates etc .... not to mention lead or copper that leaches into the water from the pipes in your house.

[MPevine11]

awesome info more like this woul be great!

[fishieness]

Honestly, this probably isn't something that needs to be asked since you already have an RO and know the answer of which is better. Anyone that votes tap should show a picture of their tank. Just because people are doing it doesn't mean it's good. :spin2:

[MPevine11]

Honestly, this probably isn't something that needs to be asked since you already have an RO and know the answer of which is better. Anyone that votes tap should show a picture of their tank. Just because people are doing it doesn't mean it's good. :spin2:

i know tap is no good!

im just trying to prove a point

so common people what do you use?!?!

[MPevine11]

anyone other votes?!

i know you all use water!

[racefan]

I was using RO water for top offs & thought I was using RO/DI water for salt. You see I was buying salt water from my LFS & just assumed(i know i know) they used RO/DI water. Well I was BSing him one day & he said "oh no I just use tap water & add prime to it, never had a problem yet" well I sure was having hair algae problems. I bought a RO/DI unit & solved that problem.

[MPevine11]

I was using RO water for top offs & thought I was using RO/DI water for salt. You see I was buying salt water from my LFS & just assumed(i know i know) they used RO/DI water. Well I was BSing him one day & he said "oh no I just use tap water & add prime to it, never had a problem yet" well I sure was having hair algae problems. I bought a RO/DI unit & solved that problem.

i was buying RO/DI from my local pet store for 3+ months, then bought a TDS meter and found out the TDS was like 61!

thats when i bought a rodi for my self!

[Agu]

RO/DI it's a 100 gpd unit from when I had bigger tanks. A bit of overkill but it's still convenient.

[MPevine11]

RO/DI it's a 100 gpd unit from when I had bigger tanks. A bit of overkill but it's still convenient.

i only have 29 gal and 6 gallon and i have 75gpd:beer:

[scd]

By me (in northern NJ) there are a number of water stores that sell water run thru very large ro/di units (for people to drink). I have used it for years.

[MPevine11]

who voted tap, and why do you use it?

[drauka99]

all tap is not created equal, There is a water system somewhere arond here that has a tds reading of around 30. I know if a couple people who use tap and have nice looking tanks, not goregous but nice

I use RO/DI , my TDS in is 133-134, out 0

[MPevine11]

i have 41 tds (tap) o TDS when it comes out of my RODI.......but even with low TDS there crap in there.......


edit my tap tds is 74

[TTrout]

I use my own rodi. My TDS in is 340 - 380. Out is 0.

[zma21]

I use the LFS's RO water. I think the TDS out is in the neighborhood of 10.

I'm falling out of love with them. Fast.

Just ordered a pack of coral online today for the first time ever. I've always been the guy to support the local LFS. But after a month of him not getting anything in for me, I'll just be stopping by to get water here and there.

[DevinWolfe]

LFS water until i got my own RO/DI system.

[MPevine11]

LFS water until i got my own RO/DI system.

check the TDS........

[aquaph8]

My tap water TDS is in the 500's. Yeah, I could only imagine what kind of crap is in that. Im not drinking it. I go through a lot of DI resin but only 0 TDS goes in the tank.

[MPevine11]

who is voting tap, and why do you use it?

[2cool4u]

i use budlight millerlight makes my corals grow slower

[Dbroncos]

Distilled.................

[reefaroni]

I would be surprised if those who clicked tap would out themselves lol

[bbnz]

I personally use RO water now but have used tap in the past. (Back when I didn't know what RO/DI was). Really didn't have any problems with it back then. There are a couple of people I work with now that still use tap and swear they don't see the point of RO.

[Giglamesh]

ro water for it, but i was using tank water only had a tds of 3 so not to bad at all

[DevinWolfe]

check the TDS........

TDS at which point? Tap is usually mid 200s, after RO membrane ~10, after DI - 0.

[hebygb]

I use my own RO/DI, RO for drinking.

There was a reefer here some time ago that had phenomenal water quality from his tap... I believe it was well water.. springfed or something like this... those instances are rare.

[WSI2406]

I know that I should not use tap, but I'm cycling the tank at the moment, and my last tank was tap for over a year.Here is a link to my old tank, I sold everything during my move to a new house and started over with a larger tank and It is still cycling.

http://s890.photobucket.com/albums/ac101/Timeless1483/

Here is the thread of my new tank.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1903399

Any comments are fine. I would like to get a unit, but I would like to start adding livestock first and then getting a unit. I know I'm the only one that will out myself, but I would rather be out there telling people what I'm doing.

[MPevine11]

anyother votes?!

[MPevine11]

400+ views

only 72 votes..........

[chrischin29g]

wait.... are you guys using the just RO?

or saying RO short for RODI?

for water changes i use catalina water
and for top off i use RO/DI

or distilled

[Skrubz]

Distilled

[kelso1980]

I use tap water and I'm not afraid to admit it! LOL If $ grew on trees I would use RODI, but I have to play with the cards I'm dealt until i graduate.

[MPevine11]

wait.... are you guys using the just RO?

or saying RO short for RODI?

for water changes i use catalina water
and for top off i use RO/DI

or distilled



mostlikely just saying RO, in reality its rodi

[rck]

I tried the tab water back yrs ago when I started and was a disaster! Now RODI from LFS... like $3.18 a week for 5gals

[MPevine11]

I tried the tab water back yrs ago when I started and was a disaster! Now RODI from LFS... like $3.18 a week for 5gals

Check the TDS from the water from the lps.......i had a bad experiance with that

[Acefspds]

I use RO/DI. My tap is like 420 ppm on the TDS meter so I dont thing thats going in my tank. I used to used store water til I tested the TDS in it. Alot of people near UTC use Scripts water.

[reefer4ever]

If i had a FOWLR then i would use tap water. Since i have a reef, i use ro water that i get from my LFS.

[philipchan]

I tried the tab water back yrs ago when I started and was a disaster! Now RODI from LFS... like $3.18 a week for 5gals

damn...$3.18 for RO/DI with salt already? or just plane RODI freshwater?
I buy RODI fresh & saltwater from LFS for $1.5 & $3.00

[jayfl77]

RODI Always

[MPevine11]

damn...$3.18 for RO/DI with salt already? or just plane RODI freshwater?
I buy RODI fresh & saltwater from LFS for $1.5 & $3.00

1.50 for 1 gallon of RO?
and 3.00 per gallon for mixed?!?


i'd be buying my own RO/DI system.........
i did because i was sick of paying .5 per gallon + gasmoney + lugging water around + now i have 0 TDS water` = me buying my own systemm

[Waterobert]

For many year I was getting my water from LFS until I found out that it had 8 TDS. I got my own RO/DI unit and have 0 TDS. My tap water has about 480-540 so I cant use it.

[MPevine11]

For many year I was getting my water from LFS until I found out that it had 8 TDS. I got my own RO/DI unit and have 0 TDS. My tap water has about 480-540 so I cant use it.

the 8tds may of been from their water sitting, water can some out @ 0 TDS, but as it sits the tds can raise alittle.....


but its good you got your own system!