tap water in surrey Question ?

[mohammadali]

Hi all i was wondering who else is using tap water in their reef tank ?
anybody can give me 70G RO/DI water filtered in surrey central thanks ?

[canadianbudz604]

In the summer my tap water tests 3-10ppm, yesterday probably because of all the rain it's testing 100ppm

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Been using Burnaby tapwater for years. The water quality around here is excellent, especially after the upgrades for the 2010 Olympics. I also like to do mine before (not after) a major rainfall if possible.

[pinkreef]

I use tap water for water changes and brita water for top ups

[Ryanerickson]

I am in surrey mine tap water is always between 10-12 ppm never seen higher then twelve 100 ppm even if there has been a storm seems high. I had readings like that when I moved into the house I am in it turned out the main water supply coming from road was corroded we had it replaced with a poly line from the road now I never get higher then 12.

[Ryanerickson]

By the way I use ro water I always had issues with algae using tap water

[mohammadali]

Tbh I never test my water .
I'm setting up a new RSM250 so should I be using RO water or just tap water ?

[canadianbudz604]

Tap water works for lots of people, for myself I used it once and I didn't know that they were fixing the piping around my house the day before and it crashed my tank. Ro unit is enough, I haven't had a single problem using it.

[chef]

I used tap water with Brita filter when I first moved to whistler. Figured clean glacier water must b incredible. In reality probably full of minerals, etc. Had algae issues and coral was never happy. Recently bought an RO/DI unit and man have things turned around!

[Slyguy00]

Tap water caused me nothing but problems in the beginning. I use ro now and will never use tap water again. Iv seen abbotsford water test anywhere from 3 ppm all the way up to 225. Ro is always 0. Enough said