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Hi, Ok, being a bit thick can you explain what/how you've got as a set up? I'm concious that the sheer amount of water I pump into the sink could help offset any increased cost cheers Pete

I know what you mean, I tend to run around 40 litres of RO a week as my water is quite hard too and my fish prefer it. Would love to get something a bit more efficient in general - I plonk a space saver box in the middle of my (small) kitchen and run the pure there and waste into the sink...

The TDS of the RO water going in (after remineralisation) is 95, I'm using TMC powder to remineralise rather than a home brew solution. I did leave a portion (probably 20 litres) of the original water I cycled with in the tank and has had a few doses of ferts in which is how it hit 163 when I...

Cheers for that Darrel. I'm running a RO setup as when I started out I found that the water out the tap was very high in nitrate - that's before the days when I found out that high nitrate is fine for fish and necessary for plants! The water is currently reading 4 dKH, 9 dGH and 163 TDS with a...

Finally got the new tank cycled and my Neon Tetra in. Was wondering if dosing full Ei affects the hardness of the water in the tank and if so how much is it going to change it by? I'm looking at various fish/inverts that prefer soft water so don't want to push the hardness up drastically.

I think it would provide some level of water hardness (KH & GH) so ought to be OK. Personally I'd just use something like Tropica ReMineral (regular or discus would be fine)

Just re-read through the whole of the thread which is really interesting, but equally confusing too :D I guess that each person's re-mineralisation method is specific to what else they do in their tank and what their main focus is (plants, inverts, fish, etc). So dosing full Ei (with possibly...

Don't bother with using hozelock on the RO, the back pressure is too much for them (I've found this out too). Basically the water in an RO unit get's forced through the various filters and membranes which is why the higher pressure your water the quicker you get your RO water. A normal hose...

I've never heard of bacteria killing shrimp before - ammonia spikes (from disturbing sand/substrate) and diseases can be brought into a tank on hardscape & plants through. I've only heard it recommended to clean new plants under a running tap. What shrimps have you lost?

My thought's exactly on stable water which is why I don't use my tap water. I currently use Tropic ReMineral with no other additives, but it struck me reading the above that it would be cheaper and perhaps give better parameters doing it diy, which is why I wondered how other people did there...

I just found my tap water fluctuates a lot and since changing over to RO my fish and shrimp are a lot more relaxed and active.

After just spotting Darren's link in this topic: http://www.ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=18116&p=185647&sid=6fafeadda99c1640c331288e6c31497a#p185647 I was curious as to how many people use a DIY method of remineralising their RO water and what sort of amounts they use. I'm slowly...

Or use Topic ReMineral additive rather than cutting with tap water of unknown levels.

Really sorry to hear you're having problems :( On the subject of RO water, my fish have been much happier since I got a unit under the sink and give them clean water at each water change. Tap water where I live is hard and has high Nitrates, so I use RO with Tropic ReMineral, which seems to...