I think I'd rather drive 2 hours to a shop and buy some if I got desperate rather than use tap you never know whats in it
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I'll say this first the corals I deal with, supposedly they're supposed to be delicate, nitrates low, acclimate for hours, on and on and on . Not trueLet me start with a disclaimer that RO/DI water for your saltwater reef aquarium is FAR superior to TAP water and you're taking a big risk using water straight from your faucet!
Now that we got that out of the way let's talk about tap water today. What about it? Well are you using tap water for your tank right now and have you ever used it?
Ok so if we're going to be honest then I'll start. A long time ago before R2R ever existed was a saltwater noob who didn't really know any better and was using water straight from his faucet to make water changes and keep his aquarium topped off! Good thing he lived in an area that the water wasn't all that bad. Cool thing is he had a pretty nice reef tank at one time using tap water. I will name no names but he goes by the name rev something or another.
Let's talk about this today!
1. How many of you, at one time, used TAP water for top off and water change water?
2. How many of you are currently using TAP water?
This is facts if your water is good enough you can use itIt can be done if you’re fortunate enough to live in an area with good tap water (Vancouver, Canada). My mixed reef tank (will be 5 yrs in Dec) uses tap with Prime.