Can I use store bought springwater

[buckshott]

Can I use SB springwater in my saltwater tank or should I go about it a different way? Thank you.

 

[loup]

I use the water from those R/O machine you find at local supermarket when i didn't have r/o unit at home yet. They work well for me. It wasn't bad, 1.25 for 5 gallon.

 

[robchuck]

I would stay away from spring water. It's hard to tell what kind of minerals and other dissolved elements will be in the water.

 

[buckshott]

What is RO?

 

[robchuck]

Reverse Osmosis. Water gets forced through a membrane that seperates junk from the H2O and discards the bad water. Generally speaking, it works kind of like how our kidneys work.

 

[mudplayerx]

Use distilled water, not spring water. If you look closely at the fine print on the jug of water, it will list all the processes that were used to purify the water.

 

[blemmy_guy]

some spring water has gone through the r/o di process, just read the labels, they will tell you. todd