using R/O water

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I've been having trouble with my water quality lately (or again). very hard water (no test sorry) and nitrate readings around 25-30. I've been thinking about using my R/O filter on the water for my smaller aquariums. What exactally do I need to add to the R/O water for freshwater fish? The main tank I'm planning on using this for is my Betta tank.

Thanks.
 
mix with tap.
 
Botanical filtration - the hidden secret behind many highly successful systems. In fact I find it rather disheartening that there is always all of this talk about the big three - mechanical, chemical and biological - but never talk of botanical. One can easily get away with not using mechanical in a small low population tank. A good vacuuming water change does that. No need for chemical filtration either. Biological filtration will always appear on its own. But botanical filtration does the work of all three for the most part; and does so while beautifying the tank and making the fish feel a lot more comfortable.

Also for bettas, they do extremely well when you use peat filtration or add indian almond leaves to the system. That will take care of any hardness/alkaline issues as well as introduce a sort of health tonic that staves off infections. Regardless of how much people love to go on and on about these fish being tank raised and removed from their natural origins, millions of years of evolution isn't undone in a few generations. Bettas are still soft, acidic water fish and always do much better in those parameters. So I'm glad to see someone actually caring to consider these factors.

I would go with the mix of R/O and tap, and add some hardy plants along with a few indian almond leaves or peat to your filter. Great source for those leaves is Amy's Ketapang on Ebay. http://stores.ebay.com/Amys-Ketapang-Inc
 
Hmm, very interesting echo. Thanks for sharing information
 
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