Re: Rift lake salts

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/29/00 8:05:59 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
nestor10@mindspring.com writes:

> >  Would it be not only acceptable, but also cheaper than RO
>  > Right?
>  
>  The salts are fairly cheap, all right.
>  
>  But then, so is a touch of tap water - unless, of course, you're filtering
>  it for the other nasties...

I am doing the partial tap thing right now, but I have to test the tap water 
every time I use it, because it varies so much from week to week as the water 
table goes up and down.  If I use lake salts or RO Right, I can simply look 
at my holding tank, figure out how much DI water I am running into it, then 
add the appropriate amount for the desired GH/KH.  Actually, KH dooesn't 
bother me much.  If I do the water changes on schedule, the pH crash isn't 
going to happen.  If I am a little slow at it, then the Apistos will survive 
at pretty low pH levels until I get there.

Bob Dixon


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