If it is worth doing, it is worth doing RIGHT the first time. Why take that chance? Water is the single largest ingredient in a reef system and everything depends on its quality and its stability. Key word Stability. Tap water changes, what may appear good today can change tomorrow or the next day, or this afternoon when a big storm blows through and the treatment plant changes their treatment method and chemical additions because they were innundated with high particulate raw water.
Or Joe Contractor digs up the main down the street and causes a cross connection now knwing the sewer main was parallel to the water main. Or a bus hits the fire hydrant on the corner and while shutting it off they experience a backflow of nasty water.
I have real life photos and documented stories on every one of the above and more, it happens every day. You have no control over it and you will not know it until it is too late and have lost your entire reef system unexplainably. Sad but true.
An RO/DI system is the cheapest insurance you can buy for your Reef and worth every penny. On average it costs about 5 cents a gallon to produce RO/DI and it should be the absolute first thing you invest in, even before rock, fish, corals, lights or even the tank.
Or Joe Contractor digs up the main down the street and causes a cross connection now knwing the sewer main was parallel to the water main. Or a bus hits the fire hydrant on the corner and while shutting it off they experience a backflow of nasty water.
I have real life photos and documented stories on every one of the above and more, it happens every day. You have no control over it and you will not know it until it is too late and have lost your entire reef system unexplainably. Sad but true.
An RO/DI system is the cheapest insurance you can buy for your Reef and worth every penny. On average it costs about 5 cents a gallon to produce RO/DI and it should be the absolute first thing you invest in, even before rock, fish, corals, lights or even the tank.
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