RO or purified drinking water?

[shnabbles]

Im new to this hobby and Im still planning my aquarium out. I will be building a mini reef in probally a 55 gallon tank.
Iv been doing some reading out of a book and on this website. AS of now i just have 1 quick question im sure more will follow lol..
Instead of spending over a hundred dollars on a RO system could i just used purified bottled water by the gallon?
I will be using live and live rock.
Thanks
Jason Clark

 

[bang guy]

Yes, you can use bottled purified water, not the bottled drinking water though or Spring water.
Depending on the size of your aquarium this may or may not be economical.

 

[nacl-man]

To throw in my .02, the RO/DI filter was the best investment I made. I didn't really want to lug 75 gallons of water home from the grocery store the first time, then 10 or so per week for water changes and top offs... the 150.00 i spent on the RO/DI filter saved me who knows how much in time. (not to mention my back!)
So there are my .02 cents about if you should buy an RO unit.
Cheers!

 

[jwhiteuwc]

RO/DI... best way to go for reef.
I hear a the local LFS talking to another guy and the LFS guy said all he uses is tap water.... Looking at his reef tank, I can see that... Corals and everything look terrible

 

[stapler]

You can get RO/DI units for $80(dont think I am allowed to say where)....not that expensive considering how much money you would spend on purified water over the years.

 

[nm reef]

Initial water quality is a very important step when establishing a new aquarium. If you don't want to purchase and install either a RO filter or a RO/DI filter then I'd suggest looking for a local source of RO water. Most large grocery stores and some national chains have vending machines that dispense RO water for about .25-.30 cents per gal. Buying bottled water off the shelf may be a bit expensive...but any filtered water may be a far better choice than using tap water...unless you happen to be a avaition engineer!
Sorry...thats a inside joke...

 

[blackomne]

Originally posted by stapler
You can get RO/DI units for $80(dont think I am allowed to say where)....not that expensive considering how much money you would spend on purified water over the years.
Could you e-mail that?
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