RO/DI to cook?????

[oscarslr]

Do i need RO/DI water to cook rock????

 

[Nano Chris]

If it were me i would, i wouldn't use tap because it can leech whatever is in your water (silicate, copper, chlorine, and other chemicals.)

Better to start off on the right foot, than later on.

 

[Shagsbeard]

We're trying to get the term "cooked" to something else like "starved". But I'd use RO/DI... why not?

 

[Henry Bowman]

The idea behind cooking the rock is to remove all the polutants from the rock. As this happens, the water becomes full of nutrients and needs to be changed. I would use the cleanest water I could find and do lots of changes along with the swishing of the rocks as they cook to get the rock as nutrient poor as possible.