Re: FILtERING TAP WATER FOR FRESH WATER TANKS ?

"Mort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Iain Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > RO water is water that's been through very very fine filters that take
> > EVERYTHING out & leave you with (near as dammit) pure H2O. You actually
> need
> > to add back minerals & salts to it in order for your fish to live in it.
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> I don't know for sure if that statement is correct as I havent been doing
it
> for very long, however, I have been using RO/DI water for my freshies and
I
> have not added anything to the water.  So far so good.

Suggest you do some research into that - my understanding is that pure RO/DI
water is almost completely depleted of minerals & salts which the fish need.
In the longer term you may have problems without something like RO-Right

I.