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Looks like I need to buy a new RO set up, one with DI.
My Kent bare bones always worked well and I never had algae, until I moved into this area. The algae is getting worse and worse, I won't have other reefers come over and see my tank anymore it looks so bad, I have changed my bulbs and RO cartridge and upped the water changes.
Today I borrowed a TDS meter from a friend.
Tap water- 580ppm (I already knew it was really really hard)
RO water- 26ppm
I wish I would have used the TDS meter a while ago, prolly wouldn't have lost all those nice acro colonies to rampant algal overgrowth.

My Kent bare bones always worked well and I never had algae, until I moved into this area. The algae is getting worse and worse, I won't have other reefers come over and see my tank anymore it looks so bad, I have changed my bulbs and RO cartridge and upped the water changes.
Today I borrowed a TDS meter from a friend.
Tap water- 580ppm (I already knew it was really really hard)
RO water- 26ppm
I wish I would have used the TDS meter a while ago, prolly wouldn't have lost all those nice acro colonies to rampant algal overgrowth.