Gallons of ro water at the grocer

[JackBlasto]

So my pipes froze and broke today. I need to fill my reservoir up with RO water and since I can't use my system until Monday I need to stock up at the store. How is RO water labeled at the store? I see distilled? I want whatever is as close to the RO water my RO/DI system makes as possible. Any help with what the label reads would be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[enrgizerbunny]

"Drinking water" NOT "spring water"

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[JackBlasto]

whooooo hooooo thank you. This should get me through Monday when the plumber gets my house working again

 

[JackBlasto]

View attachment 215778View attachment 215779 whooooo hooooo thank you. This should get me through Monday when the plumber gets my house working again

TDS meter reads 5 ppm . I'm happy

 

[HN1]

That should work fine, but if you want actual RO, look for the water dispensing machine. I toted gas cans to Publix for nearly a year before I broke down for our own unit.

 

[JackBlasto]

Yeah, I'm looking for the machine but it seems like all ours here in morgantown wv at least have been replaced with these primo water machines and primo water actually has a whole lot of minerals in it

 

[enrgizerbunny]

Yeah, I'm looking for the machine but it seems like all ours here in morgantown wv at least have been replaced with these primo water machines and primo water actually has a whole lot of minerals in it

Minerals aren't bad...you're SUPPOSED to remineralize RO water. To be honest, I did a 40% change without remineralizing once and my fish were fine.

Although is was more like two 20% changes back to back with no break in between.

 

[enrgizerbunny]

View attachment 215778View attachment 215779 whooooo hooooo thank you. This should get me through Monday when the plumber gets my house working again

You're welcome, I had to buy 20 gallons last week too.

 

[JackBlasto]

Yes I understand the mineral necessity quite well. I add minerals in weighed fertilizers and mix batches weekly for my discus fish. So technically I'm adding minerals that I know are needed. That's why I want good RO to start with. Start low, add them in

 

[JackBlasto]

this is a little of what I do with my RO water hopefully explains why I don't want mineral water which I am then adding even more minerals to

 

[enrgizerbunny]

Makes sense.

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