BL1
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To be a little safer, you could try testing it with a TDS, and nitrate/phosphate kit and see what those say. But, my tanks will never have anything but ro/di or distilled in it.
Spring vs Reverse Osmosis
- Thread starter mcmusashi5
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bjohanson1234
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If it is true spring water, then they collect it right from the spring and bottle it. It might not have anything added to it, but it will have minerals from the water's travel through the rocks and ground to the spring. The bottle should tell you the source of the water.
For instance, the bottle of spring water I have is from a spring in Jackson County Michigan
For instance, the bottle of spring water I have is from a spring in Jackson County Michigan
mcmusashi5
Octopus Wizard
Cheap perfection.... Interesting
Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
Yup :)
I am the Queen of steals and deals, if it can be had for cheaper, done for less, or haggled down, I am the girl to talk to LOL
But like I said sometimes that means spending the good money up front. I REFUSE to buy anything at walmart anymore, well at least in the way of home furnishings/decorations etc etc. You buy stuff there for the lowest price, you get the lowest quality and you end up replacing it so often that you wouldve been better off to spend the big bucks from the get go. This is how I view my tank. If I spend the good money from the start on water, and I continue with it on my water changes and refills, then my likelihood ob battling the same issues someone using tap water or just not pure water goes down, saving my test kit, my salt cost, my money in fish and corals and heartache. Not that casualties wont happen, but try and do it right from the start you dont have to do it again.
mcmusashi5
Octopus Wizard
Interesting. Investments that pay in the long run really do pay.
Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
Yes they do. When you are doing something as expensive as this hobby why not just do it right from the get go? Spend a little up front and you save money, frustration and livestock down the road :)
Sir Alex
Dragon the eel (below)
My father went off on me when he found out that I spent $150 of my own money on an RO/DI filter. :shock:
He thought it was rediculouse how slow it made water so I told him it was because the water pressure wasn't high enough. He accuses me of not doing any research on it. He's the one who bought a koralia 240 for the 110 and put an anemone in the tank with no light and no flow and aweful nitrates. Omg I shouldn't have said that. :shock:
I won't even say what he says about you guys... :shock::shock::shock:
He thought it was rediculouse how slow it made water so I told him it was because the water pressure wasn't high enough. He accuses me of not doing any research on it. He's the one who bought a koralia 240 for the 110 and put an anemone in the tank with no light and no flow and aweful nitrates. Omg I shouldn't have said that. :shock:
I won't even say what he says about you guys... :shock::shock::shock:
Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
My dad is the same way. He is sure he knows it all and hates when I prove him wrong. Generally though when I can find a reliable source and make him read it he STFU because he realizes im not full of it
mcmusashi5
Octopus Wizard
LoL My dad and I never want to by something if we can find it cheaper. Or else we can't sleep at night. :P
Marines_Wife
Reef enthusiast
We would so get along
Mr.Diggler
Smitten with Sookie
I bought some distilled at Wal-Mart today for 68 cents per gallon.
