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04/19/2006, 08:41 PM
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water
i have a local hole in the wall water store real close to me that sells drinking water.
he says his water is filtered 12 times... is this water safe for a reef tank to mix saltwater or for evaporation btw its .30 a gallon thanks |
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04/19/2006, 08:43 PM
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depends if its RO/DI, I have heard distilled is good too,but I have no experiance with it.
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04/19/2006, 08:47 PM
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he told me it wasnt distilled.. he said i could buy distilled water at sav-on
RO/DI... all he said was those units have 3 filters and cost 150.00 he said his has 12 filters and cost thousands.. So i thought i would try to get some advice here |
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04/19/2006, 08:51 PM
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It really depends on if the filters are changed when they need to be. Check the TDS of the water and that will be a good indicator.
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