Re: Reconstituting RO/DI Water/ RO Water comes in at 5.5pH

[Randy Carey <carey@spacestar.net>]

My city water comes from a well.  dH is about 15 and it is high in KH as 
well (also 15).  The water comes out of the tap at around 7.2 but it rises 
within hours to 7.8 and sometimes near 8.0.  Yeach!

So for the black water fish that I love, r/o is the only efficient way to 
get my pH down to "normal" (read as "six-oh").

By the way, I invested in a quart of 7.0 and of 4.0 solutions, so I now 
have enough to calibrate my pH meter whenever I question the reading... 
(like when I find fish swimming contently with a reading in the low 3's!).

--Randy



At 06:26 PM 3/25/2002, you wrote:
> Randy.....Damn interesting, I'll get this chemistry down yet..........where
> does you water start at???....pH wise...............
>
> Mike


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