albatross666 July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 Hi My ro unit only puts out 10 gpd and I need to change the water tonight. I have deer park spring bottled water. Can this be used for water changes? If not, I may have to run the to water store and buy water. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Reefer July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 IMO, you would be better off buying distilled water. You really don't know what minerals are in the spring water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amay121 July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 (edited) Albatross, I have about 20 gallons made up sitting in a tub, if you want to drop by, you're more than welcome to. Edited July 25, 2008 by amay121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterTang July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 IMO, you would be better off buying distilled water. You really don't know what minerals are in the spring water. Ditto. I was pondering this once upon a time, but then I looked at the label on my Fiji water and saw that they bragged about how much silicate is in the water, with some explanation that it greases up your insides or something. I never realized diatom blooms were good for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albatross666 July 25, 2008 Author Share July 25, 2008 IMO, you would be better off buying distilled water. You really don't know what minerals are in the spring water. I had a feeling that would be the case, I am glad I posted the question, I just couldn't remember which water I had used once in the past. Thanks! Highland, I have about 20 gallons made up sitting in a tub, if you want to drop by, you're more than welcome to. Hi Can I swing by sometime in the evening to pickup the water from you? Also, if there is a possibility to pickup the fish while I am there, that would be great! Do PM me your address and phone. Thanks a ton for the offer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amay121 July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 Yes to swinging by tonight, no to the fish for now until I get everything else out. Hope you understand, but I'm not going to jeopardize anything just for a few fish. PM on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme_tooth_decay July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 IMO, you would be better off buying distilled water. You really don't know what minerals are in the spring water. Agree, thats what I used to do. I believe distilled water is better than RO actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 Take up Guy on his offer, I use tap water in my tank and wouldn't be scared to use deer park but what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 I used to use distilled water, before I had ro/di unit. I wouldn't use store "spring" or "drinking water" - sometimes they put things in it, and I'm sure there's plenty we don't want that they don't take out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amay121 July 25, 2008 Share July 25, 2008 albatross, come whenever you're ready, I'm home now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albatross666 July 26, 2008 Author Share July 26, 2008 Thanks a ton Guy. I have 5 gallons form my unit and 15 from you and just added salt and am just airing and mixing it now! Enough for topoff tub and a water change! Yippie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak July 26, 2008 Share July 26, 2008 Thanks a ton Guy. I have 5 gallons form my unit and 15 from you and just added salt and am just airing and mixing it now! Enough for topoff tub and a water change! Yippie! Top off tub...? You know you're supposed to top off with fresh water, right? Due to that when water evaporates salt does not. Or am I misunderstanding you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrubberbandman July 26, 2008 Share July 26, 2008 Speaking of deer park water...... i just did some tests on my fridges waters..... deer park vs. aquafina.... deer park had @ 30 on my tds meter and aquafina had 3 on the meter. Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albatross666 July 26, 2008 Author Share July 26, 2008 Top off tub...? You know you're supposed to top off with fresh water, right? Due to that when water evaporates salt does not. Or am I misunderstanding you? You are right, normally i top off with freshwater, but I am trying wet skimming, so I put back saltwater. This puts out a light yellow skimmate, but in quite a large quantity, not sure its better, but the manual with the superskimmer talked about it, so I gave it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiddly July 27, 2008 Share July 27, 2008 FYI re: Deer Park water, and I'm sure many other waters out there, the smaller bottles have ADDED sulfites in them. Of course, that is not listed on the label or anywhere else. How do I know? I'm allergic to them, and was feeling quite poorly and decided to try to flush it out by drinking more water. I got worse and worse, and tried to figure out what the issue was, finally calling Deer Park and finding out that they indeed add sulfites. I still have no idea how they get away without listing it on the label. They do NOT add sulfites to the large bottles they use in coolers, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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