RO water

[Guest scissorsfishors]

I am new the Baltimore/Washingon area. I have a 12 gallon nano cube. Before I moved there was a great pet store that I could purchase RO water from. I've called tons of fish stores and haven't found anyone that will sell water. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look or should I just suck it up and buy a RO filter?

 

thanks!

[unninair]

IMO you can use Distilled water until to are ready to buy the RO/DI

[Caribbean Jake]

check our airwaterice.com they have a good selection of RO/DI systems together with good prices and shipping. I bought from them and got a good system with a great shipment.

Jacob

[Guest scissorsfishors]

Thanks for the advice guys. I am going to decide on a system this week.

[Guest alex wlazlak]

on ebay, type aqua-safe , and there are cheap ro/di units, 5 stage units that produce around 100g's per day, for $115 buy-it-now...i bought one and its working great..

[Lee Stearns]

For a nano cube I would just get the box of real salt water- comes in a five gallon container at most petco's It is far easier with the small changes you will be needing to change- I only change about 1 gallon a month in my nano cube- Watch your salinity though because you will need to top off evaporated water with Fresh water- Again the amount is small so I would just use the 1 gallon distilled bottle water you can pick up with any store- If you end up with a larger system at some point- I would then do the RO/DI system.

[Guest vballgirl75]

Hi there, welcome to the area!

 

With my nano cube, I use the box of ocean water that you can buy from Petco. It's much easier than trying to mix salt like Lee said. I do use RO water to top off every once in a while.

 

Not sure where you live, so...

 

Marine Scene (in Herndon, VA) sells RO water. They also sell premixed RO Water with (I believe) Instance Ocean salt. They'll sell you a container with a spout as well. www.marinescene.com

 

Not sure if Aquarium Center up in Randallstown (off 695 and Liberty Road near Baltimore) sells RO water... their website is www.aquariumcenter.com

 

Good luck!

[Guest scissorsfishors]

wow, thanks everyone. I am not used to this forum thing and people are actually responding!!

 

So my younger brother who lives in PA is huge on reef tanks so I am naturally inspired to do my own thing. I am considering upgrading to a 30 gallon tank within the next couple months so I think I will buy the RO unit now so that I can get used to it.

 

Just last night I was looking on ebay and saw the RO/DI units, thanks for the tip!

 

I am living in Odenton MD right now.. planning on moving in to Baltimore soon. I don't know how far Herndon is but I've heard of Randallstown so I will check into that. I have salt mix that I am mixing with RO water. I can see the way I am doing things might not be the easiest for a nano cube. Hopefully when I upgrade I will be in good shape though..

 

Thanks for all your help.

[Steve G]

Until I bought my 100 gpd RO/DI unit I bought 5-gallon jugs of pure RO/DI water from Drinkmore. They have locations in Bethesda and Rockville and maybe other locations too.