Who uses store bought distilled water?

[ervine]

Hi guys,

After my last bout of algae outbreak I seriously considering getting distilled water from the supermarket to do my water changes.

But won't it cost a lot to do that? I mean I change 1 pail of water a week = how many bottles of distilled water?

Won't it be more worth it to buy a distiller?

Advice anyone?

Erv.

[veliferium]

get RO units or better still get those water filters tat is used to filter our drinking water like those manufactured by Osim and Diamond....

One word of caution RO units wastes a lot of water....

Wah,u want to buy bottled distilled water to change water...I salute u

[popper]

I am using the drinking water bought from NTUC... 1.5litres bottle. Need 3 bottles per 2 days for top-up. Got a trashbag of empty bottles to be recycled.

It is more economical to get a RO/DI unit.

[UFO]

dear all,

have always wanted to ask:

distill water better or RO water better?

ervine,

sorry to steal yr thread.

[ciaolong]

ro would be better i think coz distill has no minerals at all !

[diabolus]

why is everyone looking at RO?

in water scarce Singapore...Ro basically caters for only the rich or hardcore...(well...usually both rich and hardcore).

There is something in the market which work wonders and thats DI.

It get rids of chlorine, silicates etc etc and it comes at a fraction of the price of RO.

Even Anthony Calfo prefers the DI unit.

[ervine]

hm.. but where selling DI units? and how much + how much to recharge it?

[RAV-65]

Reef Depot bringing in RO/DI...

For DI, ask Henry@ml...

If u ask me, use distilled water, no minerals at all ( or rather, very low levels )...

[CalciumReef]

why is everyone looking at RO?

in water scarce Singapore...Ro basically caters for only the rich or hardcore...(well...usually both rich and hardcore).

There is something in the market which work wonders and thats DI.

It get rids of chlorine, silicates etc etc and it comes at a fraction of the price of RO.

Even Anthony Calfo prefers the DI unit.

Its because of ro that makes Di last much longer

[AlfaRomeo]

Im using distilled water to do water changes and RO/DI for topup. Distilled water is bought in 5G bottles as I do 10G water changes (WHEN I have the time to do water changes)....

[ervine]

Im using distilled water to do water changes and RO/DI for topup. Distilled water is bought in 5G bottles as I do 10G water changes (WHEN I have the time to do water changes)....

so how much does a 5gal bottle cost?

[AlfaRomeo]

$8/5gal. got it from those companies that supply offices with the water dispensers thingie..

[seamonkee]

I do a 10% water change fornightly... that's 15 gallons of water. (Around 2 large pails).

I use only tap water which I aged it (for one week) with seachem anti-chloramine/chlorine in a 2 feet tank with air pump.

It really depends on livestocks you are keeping as well. In my case, I am only having leathers so it is not so bad to use aged treated tap water. Plus, I have a FR to combat any algae growth. In my own opinion lah....

My wife is already lamenting about the fishes having "air-con"... now I giving DI water and we drink tap water... I can't imagine her reaction....

I guess if you are keeping SPS and some of the higher demanding corals, then it is safer to stick to DI units or so to prevent algae bloom.... but if you can afford it, by all means go for it even if you have a FOWLR...

Distilled water is voided of good elements so I dun use them... plus a bit siong on the pocket too...

Juz my 2 cents worth.

[hotlemond]

In the long run seems that the RO/DI unit is more cost-saving. And definately, I won't have the energy to lug home bottles of water after the freaking day at work!

yah.., you're right. I dun quite like my job

[diabolus]

Its because of ro that makes Di last much longer

its true that RO makes DI last longer...but the amount of water rejected by RO makes changing the resin of a DI much much cheaper.

just my 2 cents anyway.

[CalciumReef]

If using a booster pump to run the ro/di, the waste water ratio should be somewhere in the ratio of 3:1(ro/di water)

[harrywwh]

bit of off topic, had anyone try using "Diamond Energy Water"?

[ervine]

Anyone saw the classifieds today? got a whole section on water purfiers and distillers and stuff...

[cjh]

Anyone saw the classifieds today? got a whole section on water purfiers and distillers and stuff...

which newspaper??

[ervine]

which newspaper??

straits times classifieds... even got 5 stage RO unit...

[hotlemond]

they got this 5 stage RO unit for a deposit of 300 bucks. Wat? izzit a lease or installment

[andysho]

Thats good must go and see

i wonder does osim one works ... the small that atttached on to the tap

cost $100 +++

i everday use guardian Distilled water 70 cents one bottle sia

Frankly speaking isnt industrial produce distilled water better then

those RO unit

It will be weird even those industry plant cant even beat all this small Ro

Unit....

Further more , all this industry distilled water are comply to certain

standard ... for those cheaper RO unit ... They dun really show you any

lab test at all .. and i dun think they will go all the way to pay for all those

expensive Lab test

[andysho]

Some interesting info on those distillation of water

Organics: Antibiotics, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Insecticides, Herbicides, Solvents, Growth Stimulants etc.

Inorganics: Hardness Minerals, Phosphorus, Asbestos, Selenium, Sodium, Flourine, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Barium, Nitrates, Copper, Lead, Chlorine, Arsenic.

Biological: Organisms, Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites like Cryptosporidium, Chlamydia, Giardia Cysts.

Radioactive: Radium, Stronium 90, Plutonium.

Distillation Systems have consistently achieved the following proven track records:

Contaminant Elimination between 97% and 99.9% efficiency of all Inorganics tested.

Contaminant Elimination between 95% and 99.9% efficiency of all Organics tested.

Contaminant Elimination 99.9% efficiency of all Biological Organism tested.

Contaminant Elimination between 90% and 99.9% efficiency of all Radioactives tested

[hotlemond]

bit of off topic, had anyone try using "Diamond Energy Water"?

i tot about this one too. but then they talk about all this wat water molecules gets smaller and etc..., really dun show up in the articles on RO/DI units for aquarist use.

[charlie]

Thats good must go and see

i wonder does osim one works ... the small that atttached on to the tap

cost $100 +++

i everday use guardian Distilled water 70 cents one bottle sia

Frankly speaking isnt industrial produce distilled water better then

those RO unit

It will be weird even those industry plant cant even beat all this small Ro

Unit....

Further more , all this industry distilled water are comply to certain

standard ... for those cheaper RO unit ... They dun really show you any

lab test at all .. and i dun think they will go all the way to pay for all those

expensive Lab test

Hi

Anyone tried using this Osim purifier? can it work for marine tank? Thanks