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mikebrennan 
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 9:55am |
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Does anyone add something to their RO top off when the add to their tank.
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bugzme
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 10:33am |
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Alot of people add kalk
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 10:59am |
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Alot of people add kalk |
Yepper or lime. Which is the same.
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bugzme
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 11:07am |
The lime or kalk will help maintain alk. and cal plus raise the ph some.
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 11:15am |
I just use tap water, and honestly it works great. I'm not sure which magical elements are in there, but it keeps my tank happy  Just for the record, I'm pretty sure Adam Blundell told me to use tap water... so I blame him partially for my crappy-ness when it comes to being a reefer.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 3:18pm |
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That's my job ;)
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 3:41pm |
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Be sure you read up on Kalkwasser for topoff. It can be used in any strength. I have used it full strength at night (to help keep pH from dropping too far) in a coral farming setup where it didn't even come close to giving the system all the Alk and Ca it needed. I also add tapwater from time to time. It replenishes Iron and many other elements including Alk and Ca that gets removed by the RO unit.
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 5:09pm |
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What about chlorine
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Posted: July 30 2010 at 5:59pm |
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I have never used tap water! too many horror storys
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