If I use reverse osmises (don't think I spelled it right) in a planted tank would it be to pure for plants to grow, would the fish produce enough waste to keep the plants growing, should I add any trace elements? If I should , give me a brand name.
Water To Pure?
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Simple question, complicated answer:
If you are adding want to add ferts or are adding co2, RO water needs to be reconstituted, meaning, you have to raise the hardness back up so it can handle acidic co2(and therefore not have a pH crash). So, no, by itself, it's not ok for co2 tanks.
Flourish is a good brand name for traces.
If you are adding want to add ferts or are adding co2, RO water needs to be reconstituted, meaning, you have to raise the hardness back up so it can handle acidic co2(and therefore not have a pH crash). So, no, by itself, it's not ok for co2 tanks.
Flourish is a good brand name for traces.
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The stability of RO water is zero. Anything added that may cause a little swing with be much greater.
some times we dont ask the right questions for our problems...... do it all the time....
What is the source of the RO water. These systems can vary widely in how much tds they actually remove from the water. One LFS in my area has RO water that produces water with GH of about 80 ppm and PH of 7.4. It would work well in a planted tank.
Another LFS here sells RO water that actually is quite hard and has a PH in the 7.8 range.
So you need to test the water that you will be adding to the tank.
Another LFS here sells RO water that actually is quite hard and has a PH in the 7.8 range.
So you need to test the water that you will be adding to the tank.
What about on tanks that don't use CO2?
I live in a condo with awful water. I have an RO unit for my reef tank and use the same water for my planted tank. I will be adding CO2 soon though. Besides adding buffers to deal with the CO2 and ferts/trace, what needs to be done?
I live in a condo with awful water. I have an RO unit for my reef tank and use the same water for my planted tank. I will be adding CO2 soon though. Besides adding buffers to deal with the CO2 and ferts/trace, what needs to be done?
