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[ronaldskitz]

Are there many of you that have measured the TDS of your tap water if so what was it and what area are you in?


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[Michael the fish fanatic]

450-Gwelup

[Bombshocked]

350-500 in currambine depending on time of year ph was always above 8

[Delapool]

Hoping this is ok to ask here but been thinking of getting a tds meter (just for interest really), any suggestions?


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[ronaldskitz]

Cheers guys. I've just tested mine in bertram SOR and its at 112 which i thought was way too low for tap water so I double checked with 2 other TDS meters and they read the same. This has me stumped lol anyone else SOR have the same?


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[bigjohnnofish]

you must be very close to the desal plant... all the water sources are networked in perth so depending where is the greatest demand for water your local supply could alter significantly.... bore water (aquifer) , dam water , desal water are the 3 main sources...  huge demand north of the river for water will drag more water from south supplies to the north,  and vice versa if theres a big demand south of the river north water supplies get dragged south... 

so if your living somewhere in the middle your water could be 7 ph one day and the next 8 ph.... and tds levels will change as well..... 

 

im in mundaring and last time i checked 350-400ppm tds.... has been higher and also lower over the years....

[pistol712]

If your really worried about the the TDS levels at your house buy a ro/di unit to filter your water, you will end up with 0TDS in the filtered water. This is good for marine fresh water top offs, any really sensitive fish and shrimp however it is not recommended for human consumption.

[ronaldskitz]

Iv got an ro filter but a top breeder over east has recommended to use half ro and half tap water which would be ok if the tds was higher but if i mix half half at 112 TDS that brings it down to 60 odd so i will need to remineralize anyway oh well it is what it is


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Cheers fir the replies everyone


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[pistol712]

Ro doesn't get rid of all contaminants rather 90-95% the di unit removes up to 99%. The reason for the ro unit first is to lessen the pressure on the di resin as it is also quite expensive so if you really want to halve your tds level rodi is really the only way to do it

[bigjohnnofish]

use a good water conditioner (like prime) and toss your RO unit in the bin - advice from a top local catfish breeder  whose been breeding in perth tap water for over 10 years with fantastic results - breeding 2 species of L's no one else in australia has achieved  among lots of others.... 

[Departure]

Im SOR, in Seville Grove, 130 ppm with around 7.3 - 7.4 Ph, I know the TDS never use to be that low here but now it is, I just bought a heaps of Apistogramms to take advantage of the Low TDS

[Fishandme3]

120 tds in Rockingham


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