I have been going to Wal-Mart and buying ro water do to mywater changes on my 150 gallon South American cichlid tank. But I have wellwater at my house I have used it in my aquariums in the past. But it smells likesulfur and it leave this white stuff along the lid and all over the equipment aroundthe surface of the aquarium. Now the question is would it hurt to start usingit in my fish tank or is there something I can add to it to make it a littlesofter for my fish tank without buying a ro unit
Hard water question
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I have a well and get what looks like salt creep on my lids an filters, I think it might be from the sodium from the water softener. It's not a big deal if you stay on top of cleaning it.
As for sulfur water, I can't say for sure... it is probably alright. I've seen fish in sulfur springs at least.
As for sulfur water, I can't say for sure... it is probably alright. I've seen fish in sulfur springs at least.
Water softener water is not particularly good for fish. Water softeners just exchange the calcium for sodium. If you have Central Americans cichlids , they come from naturally hard water and using RO is unnecessary and in fact can be detrimental. Some South Americans come from softer water and mixing well with RO might be fine. But you should specify what you mean by American cichlids.
I've never had any problems with fish in the water softened water, but I don't keep anything that would be described as sensitive. Very few plants did much of anything though.
OP, spectrapure.com has refurbished RO units at a reasonable price, they are one of the best companies that sell ro/di units. My water out of the tap is 0GH, 18KH, 8.2ph and 1000+ tds. I fill a 40gal brute can and the RO knocks the water down to 1-2KH and 60TDS, then I add GH booster to get 5GH. If I need a higher GH I just add more booster to the water as I change it. Takes a little while to get the routine down, but after that it's not hard at all.
OP, spectrapure.com has refurbished RO units at a reasonable price, they are one of the best companies that sell ro/di units. My water out of the tap is 0GH, 18KH, 8.2ph and 1000+ tds. I fill a 40gal brute can and the RO knocks the water down to 1-2KH and 60TDS, then I add GH booster to get 5GH. If I need a higher GH I just add more booster to the water as I change it. Takes a little while to get the routine down, but after that it's not hard at all.
