What is your TAP WATER PPM?

hybridtek

Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #1

Mine are 80ppm out of the tap. Just curious to see yours. I learned a hard lesson today, I have a bubble cloner and I got lazy, I didn't change the water/nute for a week and it grew algae all over roots...I also never light proofed it. So I rinsed them on cool water, removed dead roots, soaked them in 3% H202 and put them in a light proofed DWC tub.

I hope it'll be okay now...

 

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Where'sMyBud?

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• Sep 12, 2006

• #2

Your tap water has nothing to do with the algae growth - that was just due to the light penetrating the water.

My tap water is 150ppm - works just fine. Only thing to would suggest would be to dechlorinate it ahead of time with a few airstones, that way it won't kill some of the beneficial bacterial and fungus in your res.

 

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BudGood2006

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• Sep 12, 2006

• #3

Mine comes out around 240, so I cut it 50% tap, 50% RO, and it comes out around 120.

 

hybridtek

Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #4

Where'sMyBud? said:

Your tap water has nothing to do with the algae growth - that was just due to the light penetrating the water.

I know, I just mixed in another thing that just happened...I spray painted my bubble cloner black so if I get lazy and don't chnage the water it's cool

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Sauce

Active member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #5

Mine comes out at 180ppm +/- 10. Water comes from lake michigan.

 

Scorp1on

Active member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #6

My tap water is around 50 ppm but PH is 8,5

 

G

Guest

• Sep 15, 2006

• #7

just over 200..
stuff seems to grow but i'm no expert.
maybe the Flora Nova is working better than i realized since i havent tried any others.
should i rethink my plan to buy a gallon of some cheaper grow stuff?

 

fuzygrowth

Active member

• Sep 16, 2006

• #8

ppms about 280, PH 9.5 RO is your friend

 

G

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• Sep 16, 2006

• #9

255+. ph 7.5+

used to be 225, and 8.0 where I used to live, yet it was usable. here ro is a must.

 

G

Guest

• Sep 16, 2006

• #10

wow you guys have awesome tap water. Mine comes out at a tasty 650 or so.

 

G

Guest

• Sep 16, 2006

• #11

no, mine is pretty cloudy and pretty unusable due to calcium content even @ 250. 650 is ridiculous, that must be .8 conversion or something. or you have something wrong with your water heh.

 

G

Guest

• Sep 16, 2006

• #12

Mine is about 480 out of the tap. Absolutely awful water. Got a RO filter immediately!

 

sugabear_II

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• Sep 16, 2006

• #13

sbaegis said:

wow you guys have awesome tap water. Mine comes out at a tasty 650 or so.

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damn I wouldn't drink or cook with that if I was you!

mine comes out at 108 ppm

As an FYI - hot water will have higher ppm then cold water from the tap

 

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70s_PotHead

• Sep 16, 2006

• #14

Ambre said:

Mine is about 480 out of the tap. Absolutely awful water. Got a RO filter immediately!

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Mines about the same, PH is about 8.5
Out of the 4 stage RO filter its about 10 and PH a tad over 7

70s

 

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morgancola

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• Sep 17, 2006

• #15

70s_PotHead said:

Mines about the same, PH is about 8.5
Out of the 4 stage RO filter its about 10 and PH a tad over 7

70s

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Mine in the winter was 8.3 PH at 350 ppm now in the summer its been 7.6 or so at 350 ppm..


anybody else see fluctuations like that?

 

G

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• Sep 17, 2006

• #16

Mine comes out at ~38 - ~42 ppm; San Francisco, CA water treated with chloromine (not chlorine).

 

Buzzsmirk!

Active member

• Sep 17, 2006

• #17

R.O.s r great!! but pricey
beleive it or not run that nasty tap though a "britta" and you'l take it down bigfriggen time. not practical for a large tank/op but might be a good temp fix while u save for the RO. the inline filters are a good option, the sink faucet filter r ok too with 5thick shit like 650 geez sbaegis!!! thats friggen gritting ur teeth when u drink it yuck!!!
BUZZ!

 

frostyy420

Member

• Sep 18, 2006

• #18

Dont know if any one mentioned this but let your tap water sit out before testing it.

Letting Chlorine evap will drop PPMs. My Tap is around 280 out of tap and after sitting is around 180 PPMs.

 

smoke headies

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• Sep 18, 2006

• #19

I run my EC / PPM meter through tap water and get no reading at all. The pH is also 6.4.... almost perfect RO water

 

G

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• Sep 18, 2006

• #20

MY PPM IS UNDER 100 CUSE IT DON'T SHOW UP ON METER !! PH IS 7 EVERYTIME ,, WELL IF IT RAINS HARD THEN IT'S UP FOR A DAY!