question about water changes

mikey3165 · 05/23/2007, 05:22 PM

is it better to use distilled water then tap water

demonsp · 05/23/2007, 05:26 PM

Yes it is . Tap is not even an option IMI. But ro/di is better.

AZDesertRat · 05/23/2007, 05:33 PM

Yes. Some people will tell you to look out for copper in distilled water but I have not seen copper piping on a large distillation unit in years and years. They all use glass lined piping now. RO/DI is the prefferred water especially if you can buy your own RO/DI unit so you control its quality. Buying RO or RO/DI water can be tricky since you never know how well the vendor maintains their system.

05/23/2007, 05:22 PM	#1
mikey3165 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: new york Posts: 350	question about water changes is it better to use distilled water then tap water

05/23/2007, 05:26 PM	#2
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Yes it is . Tap is not even an option IMI. But ro/di is better.

05/23/2007, 05:33 PM	#3
AZDesertRat Moved On Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW Phoenix Posts: 16,621	Yes. Some people will tell you to look out for copper in distilled water but I have not seen copper piping on a large distillation unit in years and years. They all use glass lined piping now. RO/DI is the prefferred water especially if you can buy your own RO/DI unit so you control its quality. Buying RO or RO/DI water can be tricky since you never know how well the vendor maintains their system.