Reverse Osmosis Water Reconstitution recipe

[bubba2262]

Hello everyone,

I am new to the forum. I came hear looking for help with housing my bullfrogs (Rana Catesbeiana). Specifically, I am using reveres osmosis water (kind of like DI water) and am looking for a recipe for reconstituting it with the appropriate additives (minerals, trace elements, etc.). I have found a recipe in the AZA husbandry guide (link is below). I'm ok with using this, but I was hoping to use a commercial additive mix that would suffice, like instant ocean. Does anyone here have experience with reconstituting RO water for frogs? Any advice would be helpful.

http://www.aza.org/uploadedFiles/Con...ourceGuide.pdf

[deranged chipmunk]

i've never done it for frogs, but i have used ro for shrimp. i just mixed it with de-chlorinated tapwater to get the parameters i wanted. there are things like fluval shrimp mineral supplement, but there is no specific "add 2 drops/gallon" formula. it's all trial and error with that stuff. mix, test, mix, test, screw up, start over, mix, test....it's a frustrating process....lol