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11/13/2011, 02:03 PM
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A few questions
Ok I'm new and wondering about a few things first is can I use distilled water instead of ro/di? what is a good salinity checker to get? Thanks for helping me in advance
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11/13/2011, 02:13 PM
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Best salinity checker you can get would be a refractometer. Calibrated, it wont matter much the brand (less the dif measurement styles) which one you choose. And if I am correct in this, distilled is just making it safe for drinking? Essentially just boiling it first? So it wouldn't rid the water of any of the TDS that RO/DI removes. Once again not 100% on this but this is just my 2cents
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11/13/2011, 02:23 PM
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If I'm not mistaken distilled water is water that has been boiled so as to be vaporized and then condensed into water once again(distillation,) leaving virtually all of it's TDS. In my experience, condensate will rarely have a TDS over 15. Distilled water is pretty much just water, free of anything else. I would think it would be great to use with a good salt mix. |
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11/13/2011, 02:50 PM
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That's what I thought I figure I will mix my own salt using distilled water beings I don't have a ro/di
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11/13/2011, 02:51 PM
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Any name brand of salt I should use or stay away from?
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11/13/2011, 03:05 PM
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Well if u r going to do this hobby u need to get started with the right water. I'm not 100% sure about didtilled water but I would bring some to lfs and ask them to use a dst meter and test the water. If it is anything over 3 I wouldn't touch it for even a fish only tank. Personally I wouldn't use anything over 001 for my tank.
Roger As far as salt dosnt really matter much other then if u r going to do coral. If u r doing coral use a reef salt if no coral any aquarium salt would be fine.
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