If you're using live rock to start the tank you might as well wait for the RO/DI unit. It's not like you need to start cycling the tank ASAP or anything.
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I’m not using live rock to start the cycle on this tank, it will just help.If you're using live rock to start the tank you might as well wait for the RO/DI unit. It's not like you need to start cycling the tank ASAP or anything.
Ok now I am confused.... I thought you were starting this tank with 100% live rock?I’m not using live rock to start the cycle on this tank, it will just help.
I have bottled bacteria and live sand for that very reason.
If you're using live rock to start the tank you might as well wait for the RO/DI unit. It's not like you need to start cycling the tank ASAP or anything.
No, I’m not starting it was life rock...Ok now I am confused.... I thought you were starting this tank with 100% live rock?
I suggest you really heed @MaxTremors and @BelieveInBlue advice. They took the time you spell it out for you, and your getting a RO/DI anyways....
Edit: Just wanted to add, some have successfully ran tap water reef tanks. But the issue I see, is your planning on buying an RO/DI system anyways and starting with live rock.
So this:
Makes a whole lot of sense.
That’s changes things... if you are now starting with dry rock (new information). I don’t see the harm in started the cycle with tap.No, I’m not starting it was life rock...
Once I get the funds for the RO filter, I will drain it and fill it back up with the RO/SW mix.
I don’t really get what the big deal is with setting up a tank that has no livestock with tap water. Am I going to kill my fake anemone? ;Sour
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Tank is setup!
Salinity is sitting at 1.026, so I’ll add some freshwater to try to get it down to that 1.020-1.024 range.
+1
Also, 1.026 is ideal.
I skimmed it, threads here on R2R are so long! ;HilariousThat’s changes things... if you are now starting with dry rock (new information). I don’t see the harm in started the cycle with tap.
feel free to correct me.. (@ anyone).
Just do a 90% water change with RO/DI water. When it’s time to add live stock.
Did you read the thread I sent you? The water quality of your tap can be night and day from someone else.
Also, 1.026 is ideal.
Ah ok, then I nailed it!! ;Smuggrin
No, I’m not starting it was life rock...
At least this thread keeps you on your toes lolthen I’ll get live rock
Ok, let me try to explain one more time.At least this thread keeps you on your toes lol
Sorry I am so lost... I don’t want to give you advice because I no longer know what going on lol...
Then I’ll go back to this ^^^^Ok now I am confused.... I thought you were starting this tank with 100% live rock?
I suggest you really heed @MaxTremors and @BelieveInBlue advice. They took the time you spell it out for you, and your getting a RO/DI anyways....
Edit: Just wanted to add, some have successfully ran tap water reef tanks. But the issue I see, is your planning on buying an RO/DI system anyways and starting with live rock.
So this:
Makes a whole lot of sense.
Well the awkward part about this is that you don't seem to listen to what people tell you. The tap water will hurt you in the long run, you will regret it, and you will end up just like us, recommending to newcomers that they don't use tap water. The sand has now been contaminated with anything that was in your tap water, and with a 90 percent water change you won't be able to get all the tap water out, especially not the water in the sandbed, which is where I guarantee all of the elements you don't want will have settled and be trapped. You should have waited for the RODI system, and then filled it up using that. I would recommend one last time to not use tap water whatsoever, and restart.I’m not doing “whatever I want”, I have been doing lots of research as well.
When I look for knowledge, I don’t just take it from one place, I look at many different locations. R2R looked like a good marine forum for me to ask questions, to help me with my research, not as a concrete guide.
I appreciate your help, and I don’t mean to sound rude.
My tap water has a TDS of 22 - 24, and is non chlorinated. Yet it has 2ppm of copper and radon and uranium can get high without notice. My very low TDS water will kill my corals very quickly. The city is also dealing with some nasty stuff in the water now and uses chlorine about once a week, without any notice.
I’m going to completely drain the tank of all tap water, once I get the RO system. I am also not going to get any livestock, until I get the RO system, and the tank is cycled.I would recommend one last time to not use tap water whatsoever, and restart.
It’s been spelled out for you in great detail. I think maybe what you’re not understanding is that in reef keeping, choices you make today can have far reaching, long term consequences. Seemingly minor mistakes or things that you think won’t matter can snowball and start a chain reaction that can end in disaster. Using tap water may or may not have long term consequences, but the likelihood that it will is high enough that choosing to do so, knowing what the consequences could be, is irresponsible and careless.I just don’t get it.