Originally Posted by bwulf100176

A few prolly common questions about water sources

1. where i currently live i can not hook up a r/o d/i unit and local lfs's dont sell r/o water can i use water from wal-mart for my tank

There are R/O units that come with a hose adapter so you can hook them up to a faucet head. I use one in my wash room basin faucet and it works fine.

2. A fellow friend said he used a r/v filter hooked up to his garden hose for his reef tanks with sucess idk if that is possible or adviseable.

3. can i use a tap water filter from my lfs in a reef tank not sure since wont help with t.d.s at all or will it.
Nope, won't work.

4. and prolly a stupid question but can i use water conditoners or just let my water for my salt mix sit a day or two to let the cholorine disapate?


Nope, once again, you wanna remove more then just chlorine especially if you want to keep small poylp stony corals (SPS)

Any suguestions on this matter be a great help