Rain water for reef tank

[kade]

I was wandering if rainwater from a water tank is alright for a reef tank
Thanks for the help

 

[rdnelson99]

No expert here but....IMO I would say no because of the air polution depending on where you live. As the rain falls from the sky, it picks up a lot of particulates that are in the atmosphere, many would be harmful to a reef tank.

 

[nxb161]

that's a no, there was a thread about this earlier this year.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/rain-water-150398.html

 

[Gti_Leo]

i don't even think i'd use sea water in my reef. think about all the garbage thats in there and that there is no real way to filter all of it out. i would stick with RO water, atleast we know this way is clean and TDS free and we can just add the salt we require to it