on my planted aquarium, my fish are starting to get ich, I've been using tap water for my water changes, and my concern is this: 20 ppm nitrate straight from the tap. I do have a RODI unit, would it hurt my plants (substrate is eco complete under 6 months old) to run straight rodi water until I get the ich under control?
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- Thread starter Reed.W
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Hi Reed,
I am not sure I understand the tap water connection;
I am assuming Hamilton, Ohio’s water is microbiologically safe:02.47-tranquillity: even though I cannot seem to access the water quality report.
The “request for bottled water” button does raise a red flag or two.
Straight RO/DI water is not good for most living things…
Biollante
Hi Reed,
I am not sure I understand the tap water connection;
I am assuming Hamilton, Ohio’s water is microbiologically safe:02.47-tranquillity: even though I cannot seem to access the water quality report.The “request for bottled water” button does raise a red flag or two.
Straight RO/DI water is not good for most living things…
Biollante
Filling the tank with a 100% RO/DI water will be very bad for your fishes. Ich is a parasite and fishes are more sensitive to it when temperature is too low or drops suddenly (be careful with water changes), and also when they are stressed. I do not know of any correlation between nitrate and ich. Also, UV filtration is not likely to help unless contact time of the water with UV light is quite long.