Brown Water
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I am thinking of getting a ro/di unit. My water is coming out of my tap at moderate hardness, high kh, 7.5ph. I regularly use acid buffer to try and drop the ph in my tanks, but it seems to only settle out at about 7.2. I can get it to drop to about 6.7-6.8 for about 12 hours but then it shoots back up to 7.2... The guys at the lfs say to just keep adding acid buffer and it will come down eventually, but in the past when this has been tried it quickly crashes down to 4.0-4.5 and kills everything in the tank.
I am looking at a ro/di unit to bring down the ph,gh,kh, and tds of the tap water.
I guess I have a lot of questions about it, that no one can seem to put into lamens terms for a ro/di newbie.
Everyone talks about the buffering capabilities of the pure water... No clue what they are talking about.
Will pure ro/di be ok to start trying to track down and keep soft water wild apistos, wild angels (altums and scalare) discus and so on? Will I have to do anything to the treated pure water besides add the electrolytes or whatever they want back in to the water? Safe for plants? Mostly amazon swords and java moss? Everyone talks about adding tap water back into the ro water... Why? Won't that just defeat the purpose of the ro water?
Guess I'm really looking for some guideance and help to get it up and going. And make sure it's the right route for me.
I am looking at a 50gpd unit and will have to make about 100 gal a week for water changes, that's not including what I would assume the initial full drain of the tanks and refill with ro/di water I would have to do to get them started.
I am looking at a ro/di unit to bring down the ph,gh,kh, and tds of the tap water.
I guess I have a lot of questions about it, that no one can seem to put into lamens terms for a ro/di newbie.
Everyone talks about the buffering capabilities of the pure water... No clue what they are talking about.
Will pure ro/di be ok to start trying to track down and keep soft water wild apistos, wild angels (altums and scalare) discus and so on? Will I have to do anything to the treated pure water besides add the electrolytes or whatever they want back in to the water? Safe for plants? Mostly amazon swords and java moss? Everyone talks about adding tap water back into the ro water... Why? Won't that just defeat the purpose of the ro water?
Guess I'm really looking for some guideance and help to get it up and going. And make sure it's the right route for me.
I am looking at a 50gpd unit and will have to make about 100 gal a week for water changes, that's not including what I would assume the initial full drain of the tanks and refill with ro/di water I would have to do to get them started.