Is Las Vegas tap water okay for Salt water fish if conditioned?


Posted October 1st, 2009 by admin 4 Comments »
las vegas
kodalma84 asked:


I have a 55 gallon Saltwater tank, with some crabs, snails, a volitan lion, a scooter blenny, and a blue devil damsel (I plan on adding more). I have only used RO water up until now, but i’m thinking about using tap water, as it is cheaper. I would like an answer from people that use Las Vegas Tap water themselves for their own Saltwater tank. Thanks for your resonses.

Is the tap water in Las Vegas, Nevada safe for freshwater aquarium fish? How about water softeners?


Posted January 25th, 2009 by admin 3 Comments »
las vegas
moose7/2/74 asked:


I’m moving from southern California to Las Vegas and I have freshwater fish. Oscars and a community tank . I’ve heard that water softeners are ok to use if you use magnesium instead of salt and replace the removed minerals and adjust the ph back to neutral. Is that true, or will the fish be better off with straight untreated water from the tap?