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Old 12/05/2007, 12:39 PM
GoingPostal GoingPostal is offline
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Ro is much better but tap depends on where you live, for instance I've been using tap for over three years and can't even grow algea, it's not quite the death trap people make it sound but some places change their water frequently or add chemicals occansionally that can be damaging.
I just didn't know any better when I started and figure another six months isn't going to hurt anything until I set up my larger tank, plus ro wasn't an option when I was apartment living and can't even be bought around here. Look around RC there's plenty of tanks drowning in algea and other problems in tanks that are using ro. It's just one variable among many. I'm not saying use tap, ro is much cleaner I'm sure, just pointing out that it won't neccessarily lead to instant death for your critters or algea blooms.
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