Gaza Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hi Im looking at getting into Marines after keeping discus for ages. I'm doing heaps of research but am getting various opinions as to wether RODI units are required for Chch water when doing water changes & top ups for marines. I see a few on this site are from Chch-what do you do please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hey gaza i've only just started out so don't have much advice to offer but i have been using standard tap water for my salt mixes. I had the same dilemma as to whether RODI was needed. Apart from the usual brown algae outbreak from starting a new setup i haven't noticed any problems using standard tap water, others might say differently though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I'm a recent marine convert and like yourself come from a Discus keeping and breeding background - I find that corals respond well to the same kind of care that Discus do - good food, clean water and regular water changes. The water in Christchurch is pretty good - its already very soft and very clean out of the tap - in fact the only thing that you might have to worry about is a bit of residual phosphate that can very easily be removed with a phospate removing compound. I use plain old tap water mixed with Red Sea Pro salt which is made to use with RO water. To remove the phosphate, I use Seachems product. It works pretty well, in fact given that RO water is in some ways too pure (its stripped of a lot of its trace elements) I suspect Christchurch tap water might be a better option. Check out my Red Sea Max thread if you want to see what you can grow in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 The water in Christchurch is pretty good - its already very soft and very clean out of the tap To the eye it might be clean. however it is not good enough for reef tanks, I had someone measure the TDS of christchurch water and it is far to high in nutrients, even higher than my rain water tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I've seen a number of reef tanks down here which have used water from the tap, and haven't seen or heard about anything bad. I guess I'm gunna find out shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hasn't Layton always used tap water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 i use tap water also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I can remember long time ago a thread Layton said he uses tap water and said Chch tap water is some of the best tap water in the world. However as memory serves, someone else did some tests and found out it depends just where you actually get the water from, some of it was not so good. Where is Layton anyway, you got his contact Jolliolli? As a long time Chchonian :lol: , he could give his opinion/advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I think he's really busy with work at the mo, when he dropped off my fish he was pretty busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaza Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Thanks all for your feed back. I am hoping the disciplines in raising and breeding Discus will put me in good stead with marines. I think I'll go without initially and use our tap water in conjunction with phosphate removing product. If I'm not happy with the results I'll review my decision. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yip he's definitely been busy, anyone see his photo on stuff I could post it but not sure if i should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 stuff.co.nz its a news thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Thanks Wilson. I looked it up but couldn't find him, he's been in the news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 The Elusive Layton! Source:http://www.stuff.co.nz/4197231a28.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 I'm sure people can find it if they are intersted, simply by searching the name 'Layton' on stuff.co.nz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 beat me evil :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 yip thats the one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 yip thats the one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Ha! Amazing actually you CAN suss someone by talking to them for years. He looks almost exactly how I pictured him! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 have to bite my tongue here i think..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Indeed.... So much that could be said. But shouldn't. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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