I Love R/O

[Mikey B]

The brown hairy algae in my tank has been ****ing me off for weeks, so I decided to do a small water change (10%) with some Reverse Osmosis water I bought at a local water store for $3.50 per big blue jug (5 gallons).

Within a few hours the brown crap was disappearing. By morning it was virtually gone. Another water change the next day completely eliminated it.

Sure glad I finally listened to all the advice on water quality...the tank looks great.

What kinds of things do I need to add to the water now that I am using the very clean (stripped) water?

Thanks!!

Mike

[Aquattro]

What kinds of things do I need to add to the water now that I am using the very clean (stripped) water?

Thanks!!

Mike

Salt. Nothing more.

[robzilla]

i had the same problem but only with green algae. within 2days of topping up with r/o water, it was gone. then i went out and bought an r/o unit. you add up the 3.50/jug, the r/o unit will pay itself off fast.

[Mikey B]

I thought R/O water had all the good "hard" stuff removed...stuff the corals need.

If salt is all I have to add, then I love this stuff even more now!

Thanks!!

Mike

[Aquattro]

Salt puts all those hard things the corals need back in! Isn't this stuff great??

[tomini]

my tank gets R/O premium water, and I still drink tap :smile:

[meltdownaverted]

RO isn't totally pure. You have to get RO/DI to remove the last liittle bit of impurities in the water. Most bottled water is only RO, and I think this has been the major contributing factor to my year long algae problem(besides my overstocking).

[OCDP]

well, just another story inspiring me to get off my lazy butt and spend some money on the water unit.

hair algae is my biggest problem... i want it gone! I can't keep up with it anymore, nor do I want to keep up with it in the first place!

does anyone have an old RO/DI unit layin around they would like to sell me? Tank is only 20g.... haha .. either that, or it's Aquasafecanada on eBay....

glad to hear your algae has vanished though!

[Mikey B]

The stuff I have read on Wet Web Media says RO is the way to go for the tank, not RO/DI. Everyone has a different opinion.

Hey OCDP, you might want to try some RO water from a Water Store to confirm it solves your problem first. One water change and I was converted.

Mike

[OCDP]

Hey Mike,

Good thinking... I should go get some RO from somewhere.... you can get RO from a lot of places so I'll just have to pick some up and do a nice big RO water change and see what happens.....