water softener

[scragman]

I am thinking about getting a water softener for my house. Would this water be good replacement water for evaporation in my reef tank?

 

[radium]

Its just tap water run through salt pellets. It lowers the water hardness. You should use RO water, or some other equivalent you know is free of impurities.

 

[wnfaknd]

as lobster said the impurities will remain in the water, you need ro/di water.
soft water is good for cleaning dishes and taking showers... thats about it

 

[Dave Visovatti]

Well the truth is that the water runs thru Resin in the media tank and goes thru a there is an ion exchange. Tis removes Calcium, Magnisium, and Iron. These minerals well ruin pipes,hot water heater,clothing,any water using machinery. Also you can cut your soap use in 1/2. This process will also increase your membrane life about 2 years. I do reccomend a softener and an RO/DI.

 

[Gatortailale1]

Scrag,

I got a "Rainsoft" brand water softner last year that came in a package deal with a 50 gpd RO unit. (I got installer to leave me extra tubing and I bought float at LFS from Spectrapure and plumbed up RO unit to sump for auto-top-off. There may be better RO units out there, but to get a package that takes all the junk out of my water and a RO unit for the fish and drinking water made me happy.