ALGAE WILL NOT GO AWAY!!

[Heathd]

I dont dose, at all. I do water changes once every 5 to 6 weeks on my reef tank. In between water changes, everything stays relatively stable. That could be because I top off with decholorinated tap, which my water is relatively high in carbonates.

I guess, if my reef tank was heavily stocked with with lps and sps, then I would need a reactor or a kalkwaser dosing system.

 

[ar0wan]

I wish I would have used tap water
I'd have been way better about WC

 

[Heathd]

Yea, I have a rodi unit that I use from time to time, but its more or a pita then I would like.

 

[mos90]

Yea, I have a rodi unit that I use from time to time, but its more or a pita then I would like.

it can be. i have mine setup permanantly in a small furnace room with an auto shut off and 40 gal container. i just turn it on and leave. i use it for all water changes and top off for my salt tank and brackish tank.

hopefully cichlid will chime in soon so he doesnt think we hijacked his thread.

 

[FLESHY]

Tap is only okay if you know it wont harm your animals...exe you get it tested professionally. I had mine tested in a water quality lab recently for bragging rights on here, and the only thing wrong with it is a small amount of nitrogenous wastes (this unfortunately is a broad catagory) but nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia do not register when testing with test kits.

Therefore I use tap. And havent had any issues for almost 10 years of reefing.

 

[mos90]

tap can be ok. mine is good too. more chlorine then id like. very soft, better for acidic tanks.

 

[Heathd]

We have very hard water in our area. I hate it. I wash my truck and I have deposits on my paint before I can dry it off.

 

[mos90]

good for holding ph.. high alk. my tap water will drop ph like a brick in a few days.

we have water like yours in our well at work. limewater.

 

[geronimo69]

u dont dose anything? how do u maintain alk? i guess a fowlr wouldnt eat much alk.

i know when i was manually dosing if i skipped a day my alk would drop 1dkh.

No I don't dose, not at all. I have a torch coral, monti digitata, monti cap, multiple zoas, plays and mushrooms. I also have a pretty decent size pink birdsnest and a nice (choccolate chip??) acropora. Again, I only have a 20 gallon tank. I do weekly water changes of about 4 gallons. I don't dose anything. I've never had a problem with any of my levels. Oh, I have about 38 lbs of live rock and a 3" sandbed (sugar fine aragonite). I run a 175 watt MH and an HOB skimmer (Aqua C Remora). I've had to frag the monti digi 3 times already. The birdsnest will be soon. I don't see the need to dose anything as long as your water changes are weekly.l ( I guess if your tank is super heavily stock with SPS, you might have to).

 

[mos90]

i think a lot of it has to do with how hard your water is out of the tap. i know for a fact my water comes out ph7.0 and dkh 2. not good for high ph.