well water

Hello, I recently moved to south florida and bought a house. I have a well in the back yard for the sprinklers. Because it’s a well I don’t pay for the water. I purchased a TDS meter. I checked my tap water and it’s reading 120. I went outside and tested the well water and it’s 150. I’m...

I'm currently on Well Water and the latest ATI test of my rodi is showing some copper. Is this level safe or is there something I should do to remove this before addition to tank. Thank you.

Hello! I've recently purchased my third tank, a 30 gallon, and I'd love to set it up as saltwater. (My other two are freshwater.) I've been digging through the research, but I'd really appreciate some outside perspective and advice. My biggest hurdle, right now, is deciding on water. I've seen...

Hello! This is my first post and my first reef tank. my tank is 2-3 months old and I have diatoms all over the tank sand. When I siphoned it during my last WC, it came right back. Most likely it’s just the ugly phase however I’m wondering if there’s any possibility it could be my water. The...

Hey everyone, I am hoping that one of you has experienced something similar and can give me some clarification. I am looking at getting an RO/DI filter to start making my own water, those trips to and from the fish store are getting old already. My only concern is that I have well water at my...

Hello all My wife and I are getting ready to build on land, we will be utilizing a well for our water source. I have no experience with reef tanks and well water so I figure bring the question here. Who here runs a successful reef tank with well water? And what does your setup look like (RODI...

I have well water with TDS at ~400 coming out of the tap. I also have iron, sulpher, etc. I plan on fixing the iron issue with a katalox AIO unit, in addition to my softner, but reading up on them they all recommend pre filtering the water. This got me thinking. I don't want to run RO for my...