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divemaster99

divemaster99

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Very much considering get a reef tank setup after I move some tanks around once I have my Fishroom setup soon. I'm either going to use a 30 Tall (24x12x24) I have, a 30 long (36x12x16), or a 40 long (48x12x16). I haven't yet decided, I thought about a biocube 14 or 29 but I'll have to see. I have no problem investing in an RO unit for WCs and topoffs but my local water authority/treatment plant is pretty much #1 in the state and I have next to no TDSs (Nitrate: 0.35-0.8ppm, Lead: 0.2-0.0084 90th%value, Copper: 0-0.085 90th%value) plus I have a friend who has the same water that had pretty good success using just dechlorinated tap water with salt added (of course). Like I said, if I need RO water then I'll save up money for one but otherwise I'd like to save money with my upcoming expenses (Reef Tank&Equipment, Fishroom w/ 24 new or used tanks & wiring and aeration for the room, and finally a new 150G+). So do I need RO water or am I good without it for somewhat hardy fish, inverts, and LPS & Soft Corals?
 
divemaster99 said:
Very much considering get a reef tank setup after I move some tanks around once I have my Fishroom setup soon. I'm either going to use a 30 Tall (24x12x24) I have, a 30 long (36x12x16), or a 40 long (48x12x16). I haven't yet decided, I thought about a biocube 14 or 29 but I'll have to see. I have no problem investing in an RO unit for WCs and topoffs but my local water authority/treatment plant is pretty much #1 in the state and I have next to no TDSs (Nitrate: 0.35-0.8ppm, Lead: 0.2-0.0084 90th%value, Copper: 0-0.085 90th%value) plus I have a friend who has the same water that had pretty good success using just dechlorinated tap water with salt added (of course). Like I said, if I need RO water then I'll save up money for one but otherwise I'd like to save money with my upcoming expenses (Reef Tank&Equipment, Fishroom w/ 24 new or used tanks & wiring and aeration for the room, and finally a new 150G+). So do I need RO water or am I good without it for somewhat hardy fish, inverts, and LPS & Soft Corals?
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You can just go to Walmart and use two or three 5 gallon drums for RO, another option is to find a good lfs
and buy premixed water.
I at one point was running 5 salt tanks but eventually combined down because of the need to go to the lfs so often for water.
Bio cubes are nice little tanks. I wold say go as big as possible to start then work your tank size down to pico or a nano salt tank.
Wet web media is a great resource for research.


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Thekid12 said:
You can just go to Walmart and use two or three 5 gallon drums for to, another option is to find a good lfs and buy premixed water.
I at one point was running 5 salt tanks but eventually combined down because of the need to go to the lfs so often for water.
Bio cubes are nice little tanks. I wold say


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Id prefer not to have to buy water, I'd rather just buy an RO water at that point.
 
Sounds like you have great water! One thing you have to remember is that as you get evaporation and top off you will be concentrating the impurities. Since salt mix is so expensive you don't want to be doing large water changes all the time like you can with fresh water. Having your own Rodi will let you control the quality of your water, and of course there is the convenience thing too. It sounds like you may keep a lot of different types of fish, there is also usefulness in starting with Rodi in fresh water when you need to alter the chemistry for certain species. We have really hard water here, so if I wanted to keep discus I would start with the Rodi and go from there.
 
or you could just set up a tank under 10 gallons, and buy 70 cent/gallon distilled water from Walmart, like me. i started off with a bag of live sand ($20), 8-9 gallons of distilled water (about $7), a small bucket of Red Sea Coral Pro Saltmix ($20), and a cheap Whisper HOB filter ($12-15). easy peasy. oh, and that's all in a 7.9 gal 11x11x13" tank ($65). then i let it cycle. a week later i added about a pound of live rock, and started adding fish and coral, and more live rock (plus skimmer, lighting, etc) a couple weeks after that.
 
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