ro water

  1. J

    Considering Switching To Ro Water

    Hi everyone, I’m considering switching over to RO water, and have a few questions I’m hoping you can all answer. A few things that I feel will be relevant: I change about 75 gallons of water per week in a 125g tank. This would leave 50 gallons of water left, but a lot of that is taken up...
  2. Neil

    Ideal Gh And Macro Proportion For Ro Water ?

    I'm using 100% RO water. 2 Years Old Aquasoil substrate Current water parameters:- pH - 7.6 GH - 1 dGH Ca:Mg - 4:1 (Only during Water change day using CaSO4 & MgSO4 on replacement water volume) KH - ~0 Pressurized CO2 at 4 bps. Tank water + Sump = 440 Liters. Tank dimension : 4 Lx1.5 Dx2.5 H...
  3. Neil

    Ro Water Troubling Calcium, And Plants Started Showing Deficiency Symptoms.

    Hello, Ive started using complete 100 % RO water because the water we have here is no less than liquid metal. RO Water KH is 0 and TDS is around 110-120. 400 L tank capacity I dose DIY fertz but 2 things are causing trouble 1). Calcium 2) Traces like Chloride, Nickel (No such deficiencies i...
  4. Gabe Hayes

    New Here

    Hello and greetings from Long Beach, CA I currently have a 29g iwagumi style aquascape and I plan I posting in the journal about it. The seiryu stone keeps making my GH and KH move around a little bit. I knew it affected water parameters but I guess I just wanted to ignore that because of how...
  5. Dennis Singh

    Syn-nation

    short for syngonanthus domination I'm doing this journal because I love sharing my pictures and what better platform to do so than thebarrreport. This will mainly be a picture thread updated weekly or less. thanks for looking this is mainly a syn only tank but my collectoritis gets the better...
  6. Farmhand

    Remineralizing Ro Water

    My well water parameters are: PH = 8.3 KH = 17 GH = 15-16 Ammonia = 0 Nitrites = 0 Nitrates = 50 to 60 ppm TDS = 750 My neighbor gave me a calcium filter which lowers my TDS to 350. I do not know what effect it has on my PH, KH & GH. I have a new (not set up yet) RO unit (without DI) dedicated...
  7. B

    Need Roi Mineral Help

    Hello! I'm new to this forum, but I wanted to clear a few concerns of mine up before I begin cycling my tank. I have been researching how to add minerals back to ROI water properly, what products to use, and how much to use, but it never seems like I can get a straight answer, so hopefully some...