Need Help with RO units

Sure, buy a simple home RO unit. If you get one for your kitchen sink then you can store your fish water in five gallon buckets. You'll want to mix back in a certain amount of tap water to get the right pH, TDS, microsiemens whatever.

Forewarning: this is a big PITA, you will learn to dread water change days. I gave up on this and just went to larger percentage tap water changes with a Python. For just keeping vs. breeding your tap water is your best best. Plants and bog wood can help improve the tank environment by sucking up some nitrates and softening the water a bit.

Eric

RO water technically has no pH - it needs a buffer or tap water added back to it to support aquatic life. a pH of 8.0 by itself is not a problem, but a widely varying pH that peaks at 8.0 is, if that is what you meant by "spike". Look at this article for more info: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/w ... mistry.php

You might post your water parameters on the SA forum and see what those folks think about your dilemma.

Cheers,
Eric

Oh, and the low/no pH water would come out of separate smaller tap that comes with the RO kit, not the main tap you normally use.

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