Starting Up...

[tech1]

Howdy! I will be starting up my 85 hex. in a few weeks. Do any of you add anything to the water? What conditioners or treatments do any of you use. You info. is greatly appreciated. thanks

[eses]

On a brand new tank I use tap water, sea salt, enough calcium chloride to bring the Ca up, a little buffer to bring the alk up and then some ammonia chloride to bring the ammonia up; then I let it sit for a month or so.

As for a running tank I only use caclium chloride, superbuffer dkh, and sometimes iodine. Keeping it simple is nice.

[mrok12]

I use R/O water. Super buffer dkh and tropic marine bio-calcium. Then I watch the KH and dial the reactor in accordingly.

MROK12

[Reinhold]

I used RO/DI water, as mine tap water had too much silica, and B-Ionic two component calcium/buffer solution. Nothing else.

[Msand9898]

Ok I just picked waht looks to be a 3 or 4stage R/O unit...
has 2 prefilters & a Postfilter at ther bottom, and unit long unit above...

How do I connect it together..

It appears to be manufatured by King Water Systems in Fountain Valley, CA