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crazyomzi
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 Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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thanks for that important point sandeep sir.....
now what i want to know is instead of substituting tap water with rain water can i use both in combination or should i avoid it completely not to cause harm to fish and plants
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:01 am Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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I have never used rain water so cannot comment on the same.
In my opinion tap water would be sufficient.
If you want to have have complete control over your water, get a RO unit.
However pure RO water should never be used as it has no buffering capacity, so either mix it with Tap water or mix salts to induce some buffering capacity.
I do the same. |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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in cities or anywhere second and subsequent rainfalls are much cleaner..it can be used for aquarium.
the idea is that first rain will clean all the suspended particles and we can have clean rains later. |
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crazyomzi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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@sandeep sir...could u please emphasize on what a RO unit exactly does....am not aware of nor have i used it anytime before
@ajha even am of the same thought
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sandeepraghuvanshi
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:21 am Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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@sandeep sir...could u please emphasize on what a RO unit exactly does....am not aware of nor have i used it anytime before
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A "RO" or Reverse Osmosis" unit is a water purification device.
In addition to normal filter candles there is a membrane which allows for very fine filtration .
In addition to normal impurities it removes nearly all dissolved salts form water giving you nearly pure water. |
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crazyomzi
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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thanks a lot sandeep sir
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Eureca
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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I am using rain water from my terrace  , i skip some rain in the monsoon start .
so far my fish and plants looking very happy . |
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crazyomzi
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: how abt rain water for fish tank - comment |
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where are u located eureca
rains here in mumbai are not stable yet....
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