Its been a while. The good news is my tanks are thriving, I've just been busy
For those that don't remember my tap water is liquid rock and has nitrates at 50ppm. Oh and I keep soft water fish.
I have been managing this by mixing bought RO water with tap water to get the desired hardness, and I filter the tap water for nitrates.
Its time to order new filter cartridges and my under sink cartridge for drinking water is also due. This one is ridiculously expensive because its a proprietary fit. So for economic reasons and convenience I ordered an under sink RO unit today as it will pay for itself in about 3 months - excluding the cost of the water wasted.
I also ordered some Seachem Equilibrium so I don't have to mess about with filtering tap water for nitrates separately. Do I need anything else? When I do the switch I will do a couple of weeks of smaller, more frequent changes so I can monitor what happens to the pH
For those that don't remember my tap water is liquid rock and has nitrates at 50ppm. Oh and I keep soft water fish.
I have been managing this by mixing bought RO water with tap water to get the desired hardness, and I filter the tap water for nitrates.
Its time to order new filter cartridges and my under sink cartridge for drinking water is also due. This one is ridiculously expensive because its a proprietary fit. So for economic reasons and convenience I ordered an under sink RO unit today as it will pay for itself in about 3 months - excluding the cost of the water wasted.
I also ordered some Seachem Equilibrium so I don't have to mess about with filtering tap water for nitrates separately. Do I need anything else? When I do the switch I will do a couple of weeks of smaller, more frequent changes so I can monitor what happens to the pH