Top off water
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Topic: Top off water
Posted By: mikebrennan
Subject: Top off water
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 9:55am
| Does anyone add something to their RO top off when the add to their tank. |
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Posted By: bugzme
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 10:33am
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Alot of people add kalk ------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |
Posted By: sterling18
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 10:59am
Yepper or lime. Which is the same.
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bugzme wrote:Posted By: bugzme
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 11:07am
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The lime or kalk will help maintain alk. and cal plus raise the ph some.
------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |
Posted By: superman1981
Date 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. ------------- Sure you are, you are Crappy Reef Club Member #1 -Chk4tix 6 gal nanocube 65 gal http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=78639&title=tims-65-gallon-build" rel="nofollow - build thread |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 3:18pm
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That's my job ;)
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date 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 By: mikebrennan
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 5:09pm
| What about chlorine |
Posted By: bugzme
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 5:59pm
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I have never used tap water! too many horror storys ------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |