Calgary Water

[Pazil]

Anyone do a tds reading lately on Calgary tap water.... I just tested mine and my ro/di unit... My tap water was reading only 12 and my ro/di unit was reading 2. I did not think our tap water was that good.... Maybe its time to buy a better tds meter... Cheapy walmart one:mrgreen:...

[sitandwatch]

Yup just now.

147 out of the tap
0 out of the ro/di

[Pazil]

Dam I wonder what my ro/di is really at then!!!!:redface:

[hummer]

did mine a few months ago.
135 for tap
0 for RO

[Delphinus]

I'm getting >200 out of the tap at the moment, although mine comes out of Glenmore and if you're in the north yours is coming out of Bearspaw, and I believe I've heard that Glenmore is usually quite a bit harder.

[xtreme]

Mine is usually about 120ppm going into the ro/di.

[Aleks]

walmart has TDS meters?

[sitandwatch]

Yup 15 bucks hiding in the automotive section.

[aussiefishy]

236 tap, 9 after DI.

keep in mind its PPM, so an error of 100/1,000,000 is still really accurate... a 50 dollar instrument. very neat indeed!

Also, keep in mind temperature adjustments.

[Aleks]

Interesting because I should get the same water as the OP, and mine was 147ppm tap, 2ppm from my RO/DI, and just for fun 4ppm bottled from the grocery store

[jalemboo]

What is the name/brand of the TDS meter from walmart? dont know which one i should buy.

[Aleks]

ummm...intellitech? its white and blue

[Clay&Chey]

Anyone know how Chestermere's water is? We just moved out here and setup the tank using tap water (r/o soon) and I thought Calgary water was bad. I'm sure this is worse it's undrinkable.

[globaldesigns]

I find Calgary water at 140-170, but usually in the 140's

[TVR]

Yep. My test weekly mostly give out 1.38 to 1.45 intake

[sitandwatch]

Yup its blue and white and about 15bucks thats all I remember about it

[michika]

I get around 140-180ppm, however I find that it varies within a day depending on when your testing, lower numbers at night for me.

[Tyson]

Just now 135ppm in the SE.

[bigmac]

I live in the north of Calgary and mine is always hovering between 170 to 200 ppm from the tap.

[Fishward]

Im fairly new to the Marine fishkeeping hobby. Is there something bad about using Calgary water for a FOWLR tank? is a RO/DI unit a necessity? does the hardness of calgary water not help buffer pH? of is it too much?

[sitandwatch]

You can use Calgary water just get a good conditioner like PRIME, but if you want to control what is in the water then get an ro/di until or get water brought in.