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anyone not use RO/DI Water

Coolaid

Coolaid

I started out not using RO-di.. I didn't know any better at the time.. I always did fresh and always used treated tap.. I learned pretty quickly that RO-DI was needed when I started getting all sorts of algae growing off everything.. I've been using store bought since then.(un) luckily when my tank broke, I started with new sand and water and cleaned the rock that I put in and haven't had an issue since.. I did lose a few fish when using tap.. haven't had nearly as many losses since then (just one or two due to jumps) and my mandarin that stuck his head into a hole too small for him.. :(
 
ThatGuy

ThatGuy

I use to use tap water when I had a FO tank and actually looked at the overgrowth of algea as a decorative additive. But when I went to a full reef tank I had all sorts of problems due to the leaching of the old rock. Took loosing lots of corals for me to finally use straight RODI water.
 
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ClownAquatics

The cost of an RO maker is cheap compared to some headaches you can have from not using one. IMO I recommend one for any tank just to eliminate any potential problems.
 
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