No RO...still good to go???

[millie3]

Hi Everyone!!
We are very excited--this Saturday, we will be adding live rock to our 55 gallon soon-to-be reef tank. All the water is already in the tank and we've recently checked our water parameters and they seem fine:

pH--8.2
Specific Gravity--1.022
Ammonia--0
Phosphate--0
Nitrate--0
Nitrite--0
Calcium--400
Hardness--179
When we filled the tank, we used deionized tap water. ALthough our parameters seem fine, I worry that since we didn't used reverse osmosis water, something down the road will go seriously wrong. Any thoughts? Is deionized enough?

Thanks in advance!!

[Germanman]

deionized should be just fine. id raise the SG though...u want it more in the 1.023-1.025 range natural se water is 1.026

[millie3]

Thanks Germanman....I can sleep tonight!
Good night! I will let you know how the LR goes in on Saturday.

[Germanman]

cool looking forward to an update.