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Hello! I keep Aggies, Rams, Bolivian Rams and Viejitas amongst some angels and a large shoal of cardinal tetras (about 50). I have bad tap water as you can see:
Tap water: Nitrate 100 / Nitrite 0 / GH(TH) 21d / KH (TAC) 15d / PH 8.2
The tank was cycling a few weeks back and the readings were:
Aquarium: Nitrate 100 / Nitrite 5 / GH(TH) 21d / KH (TAC) 15d / PH 8.2
Needless to say those water parameters are unacceptable for dwarfs,cardinals and angels. So, I invested in an RO unit and it's product water is:
RO water: Nitrate 5 / Nitrite 0 / GH(TH) 6d / KH (TAC) 3d / PH 6.4
Now, I've slowly acclimatised my fish with small and frequent water changes with straight RO water and this morning my aquarium water was:
Aquarium: Nitrate 5ppm / Nitrite 0 / GH 6d / KH 4d / PH 7.0
Now, I shall carry on with straight RO water changes until my aquarium water is in parallel to my RO water, however, is too much of a good thing bad? Should I be adding in a little tap water or what to add in some of the things the RO strips out? OR just straight RO??
BC
Tap water: Nitrate 100 / Nitrite 0 / GH(TH) 21d / KH (TAC) 15d / PH 8.2
The tank was cycling a few weeks back and the readings were:
Aquarium: Nitrate 100 / Nitrite 5 / GH(TH) 21d / KH (TAC) 15d / PH 8.2
Needless to say those water parameters are unacceptable for dwarfs,cardinals and angels. So, I invested in an RO unit and it's product water is:
RO water: Nitrate 5 / Nitrite 0 / GH(TH) 6d / KH (TAC) 3d / PH 6.4
Now, I've slowly acclimatised my fish with small and frequent water changes with straight RO water and this morning my aquarium water was:
Aquarium: Nitrate 5ppm / Nitrite 0 / GH 6d / KH 4d / PH 7.0
Now, I shall carry on with straight RO water changes until my aquarium water is in parallel to my RO water, however, is too much of a good thing bad? Should I be adding in a little tap water or what to add in some of the things the RO strips out? OR just straight RO??
BC