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Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #972
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- Subject: Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #972
- From: Matt Kaufman <mek at sco_com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:04:25 -0400
- In-Reply-To: <199907201928.PAA08755 at actwin_com>; from KillieTalk Digest on Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 03:28:01PM -0400
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> A local wholesaler set up an RO unit for some discus he was playing around
> with (not to be immediately sold...). He piped the "waste" water to the Rift
> Lake cichlid tanks as something of an on going water changing system. The
> beauty of it was that the chorine was removed already and it was ready to
> go.
>
> I would assume that much of the ammonia put in by some municipalities would
> also be removed. Does anyone know for sure?
Dunno about the ammonia, but does this work if you've got really foul
tapwater (lead, iron, etc.)? Isn't the wastewater from RO 'concentrated
tapwater' so you'd have higher levels of the nasties? Of course, at a fish
wholesaler, only the strong fish survive anyway, but I'm not sure I'd
advocate this for the more delicate rift lake fish (yes, there are some).
I use my RO waste water to water plants and to rinse tubifex worms, I try
to time my worm purchases to 'RO water making day.' Likewise blackworms.
I found hatching baby brine shrimp in it didn't work as well as straight
tapwater or waste water from brackish tanks (which works very well).
Matt
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