pH and RO water

[Fuzzy]

I use mainly Hanna and Milwaukee instruments myself. But yeah I agree a pH monitor is overkill for a small freshwater setup.

[beachkrazd]

Just a quick update. I realized that GH 5 with 80/20 RO/tap water mix is probably too soft for my Apple snails. I've noticed that their shells are not as smooth as they used to be. I'm going to try the 50/50 or 60/40 RO/tap mix to get GH around 10, which should still be fine for the fish and plants. It's still probably more tolerable than GH 18 with plain tap water.

[Blue Whale]

Sorry to drop in the conversation but I just want to know how much a small RO/DI would typically cost? I used to use tap water with simple strainer from ACE hardware but I'm having bad algae attack now. I started using filtered water from my kitchen (HEXAGON filter) last week but carting the water from kitchen to living room is breaking my back. if RO/DI is affordable, I will buy it.

Fish Bone,
Would you not consider to start a new thread? The guys are troubleshooting for beachkrazd at the moment.