Newbie Corner Feedback Thread

o wow and i use distilled water for top offs in my 2.5 ahhhhhhh, but i cantfind RO water anywhere what do i do, and im goin to kill the guy at the petstore for saying it was fine touse distilled water
 
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Not to worry saltboy, Paul B.is just reverting to his days when he made moonshine. Indeed copper condenser coils were used to make distilled water in days of yore. That latter was changed to block tin condenser and, today, quartz condensers are very common. Why? The EPA regulates the level of copper in drinking water these days and some people drink distilled. The manufactures therefore abandoned using copper equipment some time ago.

The distilled water you have is probably fine. It is purer than RO but not as pure as RO/DI. Yet, the level of purity is fine for a reef tank. If you are worried ask the LFS to check for copper in a sample of the distilled. I bet it will be absent.
 
hmm, question what is LFS i see that alot does it stand for live fish store, lol and ilive in fredericksburg viginia and we dont have very many ppl that sell saltwater fish i only know of one place they seem to know a lot about it but ill give them a call and see if they can test it for me, also i have been using a real ocean water from petco that has no phospate or nitrates in it and has a ph of 8.3 now the reviews on this seem to be good, i use this product because all you have to do is poor it in and your good but its pricey for only 5 gallon box sois there any salt mixes that you would recommend
 
LFS=Local Fish Store

The NSW (natural sea water) is great but it sure does cost the big bucks and I've yet to find a mermaid in a bottle of it. ;)

Most major salt mix brands are fine. They vary somewhat in composition but most will do a good job. IO (Instant Ocean) is still the most widely used I believe.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13641521#post13641521 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
:lol:

Not to worry saltboy, Paul B.is just reverting to his days when he made moonshine. Indeed copper condenser coils were used to make distilled water in days of yore. That latter was changed to block tin condenser and, today, quartz condensers are very common. Why? The EPA regulates the level of copper in drinking water these days and some people drink distilled. The manufactures therefore abandoned using copper equipment some time ago.

The distilled water you have is probably fine. It is purer than RO but not as pure as RO/DI. Yet, the level of purity is fine for a reef tank. If you are worried ask the LFS to check for copper in a sample of the distilled. I bet it will be absent.
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and he still has some of the bottles in his tank to prove it;)

Saltboy:
a rough comparison
distilled water has 90 per cent of the TDS(total dissolves substances) removed

ro has 95 per cent of TDS removed

and ro/di unit has 100 per cent of TDS removed.
 
Scotts all wet too. Good quallity distilled would be over 99% purity. Typical water quality is measured in micro-Siemens (2µS/cm=~1ppm) with RO water in the range of 5-50 µS/cm, distilled 0.5-1.0 µS/cm and RO/DI at 0.1 µS/cm or less. In some cases distilled is even lower. The standard for Type 1 labortory, reagent grade distilled is 10 megaohm which is 0.1 µS/cm. Do achieve that kind of purity the water is often triple distilled and you don't buy that a K-Mart. ;)
 
lol, he has the bottles in his tank, hahahaha, i have one more question but its about coralline algea, i have had my tank up and running ( its only 2.5 im starting a 5.5) for about 8 to 9 months now i had a sand bed but i had to remove it because i went onvacation thinking my dad could take care of iti told him whathe had to do and when i got back it had a bad smell to it all clean up crew where dead my little damsel was not doin good but hes better now but anyways ihave coralline algea, why is this
 
I think Waterkeeper said the same thing as me but my computer, is old and made out of wood so it can't type all those little squiggly lines. I never got up to that in high school.

Good quallity distilled would be over 99% purity. Typical water quality is measured in micro-Siemens (2µS/cm=~1ppm) with RO water in the range of 5-50 µS/cm, distilled 0.5-1.0 µS/cm and RO/DI at 0.1 µS/cm
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i have new computer have you seen the new hp touch screen, just got it the other day at best buy, i didnt think they where out yet so i said mom plz, hahaha and she said its your xmas gift and nothing else and i said o tay, lol but i have AOL still and this computer needs somthing much faster
 
well im building afilter for my setup a HOB sump haha but got to go take it easy ill post pics later tonight onanew thread, peace for now and thx for the help
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13642083#post13642083 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
Scotts all wet too. Good quallity distilled would be over 99% purity. Typical water quality is measured in micro-Siemens (2µS/cm=~1ppm) with RO water in the range of 5-50 µS/cm, distilled 0.5-1.0 µS/cm and RO/DI at 0.1 µS/cm or less. In some cases distilled is even lower. The standard for Type 1 labortory, reagent grade distilled is 10 megaohm which is 0.1 µS/cm. Do achieve that kind of purity the water is often triple distilled and you don't buy that a K-Mart. ;)
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No arguement about being all wet too-----at least I have company on RC :)

but-----
I did say "rough comparison:D
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13642510#post13642510 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WaterKeeper
And I can always call in the Desert Rat to double team people on water questions. :D
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agreed---no contest there:lol:

although I could call up 100 or so of us AW's to post and make you guys go insane:D

imagine the frustration--running out of red ink:smokin:
 
lol if i can sleep i want to but i want to post a pic of my filter but i dont feal like getting on photobucket it always freezes when i get on that site
 
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