Hi all, trying to get my head around this whole tds thing. I am very up to speed with fresh water fish keeping but this is my first time with a reef tank. To transport my new 500+ litre tank, I was only able to keep around a third of the water the rest had to be topped up with ocean water (clean area). Anyway my TDS is through the roof, 700+, and I am needing to get it down, the tank does not seem to be effected, however I would like to reduce this number. There is a small amount of ammonia but as I had one day to relocate the tank 300km and setup again in the same day I’m not surprised.
I need to add some fresh water to lower the salt level, sitting at .28, and have no RO supplier near by. I have a water filter at work, went and filled this and the water came out at 170 tds? Which I was surprised at, so then I just tested my tap water at home, whish is just down the road and it came out at 40. WHAT THE? Anyway just wondering what most people are running their tanks at, is 0 achievable and what are you doing to get it down, how badly does this effect fish and corals
I need to add some fresh water to lower the salt level, sitting at .28, and have no RO supplier near by. I have a water filter at work, went and filled this and the water came out at 170 tds? Which I was surprised at, so then I just tested my tap water at home, whish is just down the road and it came out at 40. WHAT THE? Anyway just wondering what most people are running their tanks at, is 0 achievable and what are you doing to get it down, how badly does this effect fish and corals
