What is your TDS reading

[marino6t9]

Mine is crazy high.....almost 500 PPM? FYI: same reading came out on 2 different TDS meter. Is this possible?

 

[romain]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/7177-tds-reading-question.html

 

[marino6t9]

Wow

 

[Tonyscoots84]

from my sink its about 37-38 after rodi its 0

 

[jhale]

500 in this area is high.

I get around 50 from the tap, make sure you are reading the cold water line only

 

[marrone]

He is in NJ, are you using well water?

 

[nanoreefer22]

I get 41 out of the tap and 0 after Ro/Di.

FWIW I noticed that if theres a little salt mix in the bucket you're using the hold water and you test that water the TDS reading will be VERY high.

 

[masterswimmer]

Orange County, NY from my well is about 105 ppm. After RO/DI I get zero.

NYC water is so great because it comes from the reservoirs upstate NY. The aquaducts run for hundreds of miles bringing Adirondack & Catskill water to NYC.

These reservoirs are now highly protected areas. After 9/11 they were (and still are) very sensitive terrorist targets.

swimmer

 

[marino6t9]

just found out that our water is well water therefore contains more minerals. our water is very hard as i see calcium buildups from my faucet. if i get a water softener, my sodium will increase. i think i should just put up my house for sale and move to an area that services surface water so i can continue my hobby and have healthy fishies and corals. do you have any solution?

 

[pmui]

or you can bring several buckets to a M.R. friends in manhattan and say fill-er up!

 

[marino6t9]

now that is an option....tks mate.

 

[masterswimmer]

just found out that our water is well water therefore contains more minerals. our water is very hard as i see calcium buildups from my faucet. if i get a water softener, my sodium will increase. i think i should just put up my house for sale and move to an area that services surface water so i can continue my hobby and have healthy fishies and corals. do you have any solution?

Almost all well water in the northeast is hard water. My well water is labeled as hard water too. My RO/DI gets my water to acceptable levels. I've never really heard of anyone moving because they have hard water. :Thinking: Only time I've ever heard of anyone moving because of water was Love Canal .

 

[marino6t9]

dude, that was meant as a joke......i am just wondering how often i'll be replacing my filters.

 

[masterswimmer]

dude, that was meant as a joke......i am just wondering how often i'll be replacing my filters.

:banghead: :lol2: