Cycling of tank - what water to use?

[yongshun]

hi pple, i'm new to marine. im nt sure wat water can i use for my tank for the initial setup...can i use tap water wif marine salt? its more economical...or issit beta if i were to use distilled water with salt?

[big_ben102000]

both are the same, haha but those marine salt will give you a more balance mineral concentration.

cheers

[ReDDeviLs]

they are different,

distill water better.. lesser algae growth.. and v little in po4..

try using distill water.

although more ex..but save u alot of prob in future.

ur tank size?

[tunicate]

Yongshun,

BTW, how big is your tank? There's some long term cost involved here.

[yongshun]

Yongshun,

BTW, how big is your tank? There's some long term cost involved here.

a 24 gal nano tank...so that will be around 1.5 feet?

[big_ben102000]

oh sorry missed out on the tap water part. yea its best to use distilled water, wont get so much of alage bloom.

cheers

[tunicate]

I bit the bullet & bought myself a Crystal Pro+ water filter. Have not regretted since cause getting clean water is so much more convenient now. There's no excuse not to change water at regular basis.

[yongshun]

I bit the bullet & bought myself a Crystal Pro+ water filter. Have not regretted since cause getting clean water is so much more convenient now. There's no excuse not to change water at regular basis.

haha that one is too ex for me...me poor man hehe i'm oso considering using NSW...do i need to add anything to the nsw?

[tunicate]

haha that one is too ex for me...me poor man hehe i'm oso considering using NSW...do i need to add anything to the nsw?

Do you mean NSW, as in natural sea water? If so, I'm not sure NSW cost less in the long run.

[dachkie]

1 bag of nsw will be enuff for you to do ur weekly water change since ur tank is not big,

i think irwana sells 1 bag for $2? not very sure, but their water quite good but need more minerals (Mg, Ca, strontium)that u need to add in urself

but u still need plain water for evaporation top ups anyway, so u will still need good quality non tap water

[yongshun]

1 bag of nsw will be enuff for you to do ur weekly water change since ur tank is not big,

i think irwana sells 1 bag for $2? not very sure, but their water quite good but need more minerals (Mg, Ca, strontium)that u need to add in urself

but u still need plain water for evaporation top ups anyway, so u will still need good quality non tap water

ok...hmm then how about the nsw at aquamarin? ne idea how much is it or if its gd? that's the alternative i'm thinking of...cos irwana is too far for me...living in the north area n i dun drive...walkin to irwana to buy the nsw is too siong liao le...esp for the initial setup...imagine carrying omost 100kg of load n walk all the way out to take bus...*sweat* reminds me of army road march...nightmare...haha...unless no choice hehe

ya...for topping up im gonna use the distilled water from ntuc...$0.65 per 1.5L if im not wrong...

[tunicate]

Bought a total of 7 cartons of NTUC distilled water when I first started off. (That was 84 x 1.5l bottles) I find it too siong even with a car. Funny thing is, every time I opened up a fresh bottle to top-up, I can feel money draining into the tank. LOL

[yongshun]

Bought a total of 7 cartons of NTUC distilled water when I first started off. (That was 84 x 1.5l bottles) I find it too siong even with a car. Funny thing is, every time I opened up a fresh bottle to top-up, I can feel money draining into the tank. LOL

haha at least u still can hear the sound of your distilled water when u pour into your tank lol

[ReDDeviLs]

i got mine from arees distil water..

like those polar distill water dispensal..

cost arnd 7bucks+ per bottle.