treborhunt2
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Is it Ok to use distilled water to make your salt water??? I was wondering if it may be a good practice???? Thanks for any response
Distilled Water
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reefforbrains
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Just try to make sure and airate it before adding it if in large amounts for waterchanges.
jonthefishguy
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Distille water is pretty much the purest water you can buy, and thats not a good thing. Distilled water has been turned into steam and the H2O molecules are then cooled back into water. There are no traces of metals, minerals, or salts. Distilled water is so pure that whatever it is poured into or even if it is aerated, it starts to absorb everything around it. I personally would not use distilled water without aerating it for a while and hope that you dont have anything negative in your air around you. Just use ro/di.
By the way, distilled water is more expensive than just ro water so, i dont see why you would use distilled.
By the way, distilled water is more expensive than just ro water so, i dont see why you would use distilled.
treborhunt2
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CAn you buy R/O water or do you need to install your own set up at home??
jtrzerocool
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alot of LFS's will sell you RO water. mine sells it for 50cents per gallon. but i ended up buying a RO/DI unit. it is much more convienet to have it right at your house then trying to lug water around town.
treborhunt2
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thanks!
jonthefishguy
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RO is drinking water....Normal drinking water. We have "windmill" stands where you drive up and fill your container up with drinking water. Thats RO water.
ninjamini
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How much will you have invested into your tank? Test the distilled water.
Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, TDS, alk, calcium
Test it right out of the bottle. I will be curious to see the results. You will need a TDS meter to test tds. air water ice will do it for free if you send them a sample.
Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph, TDS, alk, calcium
Test it right out of the bottle. I will be curious to see the results. You will need a TDS meter to test tds. air water ice will do it for free if you send them a sample.