sweetrav18
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Can you use distilled water to make salt water? Or just RO water?
H2o ?
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ghandidawgg
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+1 ro/di is the only thing I use.
Reefy.Dave
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ro/di you'll save yourself money in the long run.
sweetrav18
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i have no idea how to hook one up...not a plumber. just trying to figure out what type of water i can buy from the grocery store
Lpsfanatic338
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You don't have to be a plumber, they're actually easy to hook up. Mine's hooked up directly to a sink in my basement.
GrimReefer82
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Yeah I was intimidated for years on the ro unit and now I can't live without it. Distilled water is great but will cost much more in the long run. RO units are very simple just read the instructions.
Flipper62
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You can use distilled water if thats all you can get. I have a BioCube in my office & for the first year all I used was distilled water. I got tired of carting 5 gallon containers of RO/DI from my home, so I ended up buying a 2nd RO/DI unit and put it in the kitchen at my office.
Your best bet is to buy a RO/DI system as soon as you can. You will save money in the long run.
Your best bet is to buy a RO/DI system as soon as you can. You will save money in the long run.
aquapod_noob
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belive it or not i bought a gal of purified water a few days ago from publix (one of our grocery stores here in FL) and tested it with my tds meter and got a reading of 000. i didnt belive it so i went back and bought like 5 more and tested all of them and they all came up 000. so i tested it on a gal of water that i got from one of those water machines by my house and it always tested between 007-011 and sure enough got a reading of 009. so i guess that i will be using the purified water till i can get my ro unit. better than driving 1/2 hour to get water for .50 a gal when i can go 30 sec up the road and pay .70 for basically the same. thing.
freddy4130
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Sometimes conventional wisdom is overridden by "reefer wisdom". Don't believe the mess. Distilled water is by far the most pure water you can possibly get. Hands down. And NOTHING "happens" to the water after it is bottled. Sometimes you have to tke a step outside the reef forums to find real life information, not regurgitated garbage that hobbyists pass along as truth because some dude with a funky fresh tank told them. If you can get distilled water in large, cheap enough quantities then use it. It is the best water available.
GrimReefer82
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freddy i hate to tell you but i have contacted a few companies in the past and looked at their water test results on their own website and let me tell ya it's not pure. Distilled water from wal-mart contains phosphates and copper from the copper pipe distiller they use. Buy a bottle and then contact the company on the back and they will tell you themselves. RO/DI water is by far more pure.
freddy4130
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For tomorrow.
MileHighFish
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LOL this guy is a RC troll don't even bother with him.
freddy4130
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While I have been known to troll the milehighloser in the past, you can search for yourself. Distilled water is for sure the most pure water available. Is it noticeably more pure than RO or DI water in your HOME? Probably not until you use the RO system for a few weeks when the filters begin to be less clean. On an industrial scale? Absolutely. It is why distilled water is used in labs and pharmaceuticals and RO is not. If istilled correctly, it is just plain old water. With nothing else.
The problem with "calling" the bottlers and "looking" at their sites is that they are trying to sell you either water or water filters. For home use as drinking water or drinking water filters.They do not have a vested interest in telling you the truth. We are not using this water for drinking water. If we were, then RO would be the more desirable BECAUSE it is less effective at removing things our bodies need.
The huge battle between RO, DI and distilled is all predicated on the "which water is better to drink" debate among people who think tap water is dangerous. We will not get into the tap water thing now, but for the sake of drinking and cost effectiveness, RO is the way to go. And so the myth that it is more pure has been accelerated.
It is not as pure as distilled water to the point that most medical professionals tell you NOT to drink it due to its purity. It has nothing in it. Many doctors will tell you that it will remove neccessary minerals and vitamins from your body since it does not contain any.
I used to work on the distiller on my ship while in the coast guard. Ships make their own water out of sea water. It tastes awful just like the distilled water you get at any gorcery store. The process does not allow impurities to enter the resulting distilled water. You can boil sea water or sewer water. The result is the same. Water. Hell you could probably boil a coke or pepsi and the result would be water.
I would recommend looking outside the hobby for your answer. Find out what it is you actually want from water. DO you want only pre H2O? Or do you want some trace elements? It is all about what you need. RO is much cheaper and easier if you have a large tank. If ou have a nano and don't mind grabbing a few gallons of distilled each time you go to the store.
The problem with "calling" the bottlers and "looking" at their sites is that they are trying to sell you either water or water filters. For home use as drinking water or drinking water filters.They do not have a vested interest in telling you the truth. We are not using this water for drinking water. If we were, then RO would be the more desirable BECAUSE it is less effective at removing things our bodies need.
The huge battle between RO, DI and distilled is all predicated on the "which water is better to drink" debate among people who think tap water is dangerous. We will not get into the tap water thing now, but for the sake of drinking and cost effectiveness, RO is the way to go. And so the myth that it is more pure has been accelerated.
It is not as pure as distilled water to the point that most medical professionals tell you NOT to drink it due to its purity. It has nothing in it. Many doctors will tell you that it will remove neccessary minerals and vitamins from your body since it does not contain any.
I used to work on the distiller on my ship while in the coast guard. Ships make their own water out of sea water. It tastes awful just like the distilled water you get at any gorcery store. The process does not allow impurities to enter the resulting distilled water. You can boil sea water or sewer water. The result is the same. Water. Hell you could probably boil a coke or pepsi and the result would be water.
I would recommend looking outside the hobby for your answer. Find out what it is you actually want from water. DO you want only pre H2O? Or do you want some trace elements? It is all about what you need. RO is much cheaper and easier if you have a large tank. If ou have a nano and don't mind grabbing a few gallons of distilled each time you go to the store.
sweetrav18
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thanks for the information
freddy4130
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You could do a simple experiment at home. If you have an iron. Clean it really well with vinegar. Really well. Then use you RO water for the steam function. It will not take long (maybe 4-5 refills) for the small holes to begin to spew the left over minerals out in the form of crusty whit crap. Then do it all over again with distilled water. I have been ironing with distiller water forever and NEVER have to clean my iron.
freddy4130
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Sorry for my spelling. Auto correct on the iPhone is a pain.
