Hi,
Before someone starts a fight, I can't buy an RO/DI system because the person who I'm splitting purchases with me is refusing to pay because he has had successful reef tanks without using RO/DI and because it's expensive (same city). So please don't persuade me to get one (as much as I know you want to because it's pointless. I want to get one, trust me, but I have to work with what I got). My city's water quality is pretty good. The only thing wrong with it is that there are high phosphates. No heavy metals or anything. Nitrates are 0. Alkalinity and Calcium are fine (11 dKH and 320 ppm respectively [ehh maybe not ideal for calcium. Also using an API test kit so may be bad. I have Coraline so idk.]), but my phosphates are typically around .25. I plan to have softies and LPS. No SPS. This is all according to EWG, which tells you all the contaminants in your tap water. Are there any alternatives to RO/DI water that lowers phosphates?
Before someone starts a fight, I can't buy an RO/DI system because the person who I'm splitting purchases with me is refusing to pay because he has had successful reef tanks without using RO/DI and because it's expensive (same city). So please don't persuade me to get one (as much as I know you want to because it's pointless. I want to get one, trust me, but I have to work with what I got). My city's water quality is pretty good. The only thing wrong with it is that there are high phosphates. No heavy metals or anything. Nitrates are 0. Alkalinity and Calcium are fine (11 dKH and 320 ppm respectively [ehh maybe not ideal for calcium. Also using an API test kit so may be bad. I have Coraline so idk.]), but my phosphates are typically around .25. I plan to have softies and LPS. No SPS. This is all according to EWG, which tells you all the contaminants in your tap water. Are there any alternatives to RO/DI water that lowers phosphates?