distilled water

kaineo · 04/12/2008, 09:37 PM

Are there any problems with using distilled water for make up water and my water change mixes? i do not have a r/o and have been using distilled water.

arts007 · 04/12/2008, 09:45 PM

No problems with using distilled... I used it for a year before I got an RO unit..had no issues with algae or other nutrients

seapug · 04/12/2008, 09:45 PM

No, it's generally quite good, just expensive.

Bri Guy · 04/12/2008, 09:46 PM

That will work just fine, I used it for over a year with no problems, but then I got a RO/DI and never turned back, lugging water sucks.

downhillbiker · 04/12/2008, 10:33 PM

wheres the cheapest place to get distilled water, and how much does it cost.

junglejim1022 · 04/12/2008, 11:59 PM

I have heard that distilled water is ok if it has not been distilled thorough copper tubing.

widmer · 04/13/2008, 12:36 AM

You can buy little countertop distillers on ebay, my friend has had one for years. I'm not sure how much electricity it takes to make a gallon though.

Vapour1ze · 04/13/2008, 01:31 AM

my tanks been up for about 3 months now, and I've been using nothing but distilled and already HATE it, it sux lugging 4 gallon boxes of jugs of distiled water from walmart to my house, up my stairs, to my room, its a PAIN! let alone I go through about a case a week, =/ so within that 3 months, Going on my fourth, I've decided

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TIME FOR A RO/UNIT! It will pay for itself within a month I guarantee it, and it saves you gas money to buy water, ur muscles etc... it rocks. I cant wait.

Vapour1ze · 04/13/2008, 01:33 AM

oh and prices,,,,

currently if I buy a case at walmart of like the GREAT VALUE DISTILLED Water, comes with 4 seperate gallons, its like 2.72 for the case...

seperate gallons are like .72 cents,,, so.... but it sux lugging man pulling like 3 carts through walmart with nothing but water, and loading in and out of my camaro SUCKS!

kaineo · 04/13/2008, 09:16 AM

Thanks for the input everyone.

Randy Holmes-Farley · 04/13/2008, 09:58 AM

I be careful accepting the notion that if the distilled water used by Reefer A is OK, that it is always OK. If, as mentioned above, it is distilled in equipment that contains certain types of metal cooling coils, then it may not be.

mauls · 04/13/2008, 10:12 AM

Just want to double check, I don't use dechlorinater when using distilled water right?

tbar · 04/13/2008, 11:49 AM

right

04/12/2008, 09:37 PM	#1
kaineo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morrison, Tennessee Posts: 34	distilled water Are there any problems with using distilled water for make up water and my water change mixes? i do not have a r/o and have been using distilled water.

04/12/2008, 09:45 PM	#2
arts007 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 600	No problems with using distilled... I used it for a year before I got an RO unit..had no issues with algae or other nutrients __________________ Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99% perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad. Current Tank Info: 120g SPS reef tank. 2x 400 watt Reeflux 12k on lumenbrights

04/12/2008, 09:45 PM	#3
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	No, it's generally quite good, just expensive. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

04/12/2008, 09:46 PM	#4
Bri Guy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin Posts: 2,995	That will work just fine, I used it for over a year with no problems, but then I got a RO/DI and never turned back, lugging water sucks. __________________ For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. (Steven Wright) Current Tank Info: 40BR w/ 250w 14K Phoenix + 192w PC, 10g fuge w/ 55w PC, 10g sump, Eheim 1250 return w/ SCWD, ASM Mini G skimmer, Gravity fed ATO, Kalk doser, 1/10 HP chiller, 1 Vortec + 3MJs, all on an AC Jr. - Born on date 8-06 Pics in gallery! + 55g FOWLR w/ macro

04/12/2008, 10:33 PM	#5
downhillbiker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,831	wheres the cheapest place to get distilled water, and how much does it cost. __________________ The friendliest GIANT you'll ever meet. Current Tank Info: 200g Marineland Deep Dimension (Lumenmax Reflectors/Dual PFO 400w/Radium 20K) and 2xFrag Tanks (One TEK T5 fixture and one MH, Galaxy/Phoenix) on same system w/100g sump w/6"x100g DSB, AquaC EV-1000 Skimmer, Reeflo Barracuda return pump

04/12/2008, 11:59 PM	#6
junglejim1022 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Appling,Ga. Posts: 24	I have heard that distilled water is ok if it has not been distilled thorough copper tubing. __________________ Jim Mayfield I would if I could but I can't Current Tank Info: 24 gallon nano,120 Gal. reef tank,40 gal. frag tank

04/13/2008, 12:36 AM	#7
widmer Drug Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 2,958	You can buy little countertop distillers on ebay, my friend has had one for years. I'm not sure how much electricity it takes to make a gallon though.

04/13/2008, 01:31 AM	#8
Vapour1ze I'm an Addict. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkville, IL Posts: 3,036	my tanks been up for about 3 months now, and I've been using nothing but distilled and already HATE it, it sux lugging 4 gallon boxes of jugs of distiled water from walmart to my house, up my stairs, to my room, its a PAIN! let alone I go through about a case a week, =/ so within that 3 months, Going on my fourth, I've decided * * TIME FOR A RO/UNIT! It will pay for itself within a month I guarantee it, and it saves you gas money to buy water, ur muscles etc... it rocks. I cant wait. __________________ 93 Reef \| 220 Reef \| Basement Fish Life Support Room \| Empty Savings Account

04/13/2008, 01:33 AM	#9
Vapour1ze I'm an Addict. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkville, IL Posts: 3,036	oh and prices,,,, currently if I buy a case at walmart of like the GREAT VALUE DISTILLED Water, comes with 4 seperate gallons, its like 2.72 for the case... seperate gallons are like .72 cents,,, so.... but it sux lugging man pulling like 3 carts through walmart with nothing but water, and loading in and out of my camaro SUCKS! __________________ 93 Reef \| 220 Reef \| Basement Fish Life Support Room \| Empty Savings Account

04/13/2008, 09:16 AM	#10
kaineo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morrison, Tennessee Posts: 34	Thanks for the input everyone.

04/13/2008, 09:58 AM	#11
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 86,233	I be careful accepting the notion that if the distilled water used by Reefer A is OK, that it is always OK. If, as mentioned above, it is distilled in equipment that contains certain types of metal cooling coils, then it may not be. __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef

04/13/2008, 10:12 AM	#12
mauls Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 24	Just want to double check, I don't use dechlorinater when using distilled water right? __________________ 75gal fowlr Current Tank Info: 75gallon fowlr

04/13/2008, 11:49 AM	#13
tbar Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SE Virginia Posts: 452	right __________________ I have done a 5 gal water change (about 17%) every week since week one. Hopefully having this posted here will motivate me enough to keep doing so. Current Tank Info: 33L, Two 36" 24 watt Marineland LED's, Tunze 9002 Skimmer, 2 Koralia 1's, pico hob filter for carbon.