Distilled water?

[trickshot3102]

Hi I was wondering if it would be ok to use distilled water in my aquarium? Will it harm fish? Can I use it just to top off the tank?

One unrelated question, should there be air on the top of your tank? What I mean is, should the water from the filter make a "waterfall", or should it be filled up all the way to the top?

 

[BL1ND1ND3X]

Hello trick shot,
Distilled water is void of any nutrients that your fish need so no.
For your filter you should leave the water line below the water flow.
Hope I Helped!

 

[trickshot3102]

Thanks! That helped alot Merry Christmas

 

[BL1ND1ND3X]

Merry Christmas!!

 

[flitabout]

I am going to say you can absolutely use it. I do. Or I use RO or reverse osmosis water. It will need remineralized. I use seachems equilibrium. As far as for toping off you can use it without remineralizing it. But you can use it.

 

[Canary bird]

What else could you use to remineralise the ro water ?

 

[flitabout]

Seachem makes one called replenish. I use the equilibrium because I have all heavily planted tanks and that one is specifically for planted. Kent marine makes one call RO right.

 

[Canary bird]

Are these available in the UK ? As Im in tenerife i can always get my family to post it to me. There's nothing here

 

[flitabout]

I get mine off of amazon.

 

[Canary bird]

Thanks I'll have a look this weekend