Chaim
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi, I’m thinking about starting a nano reef tank (currently have a 180 fowlr tank) can I use distilled water instead of rodi? How do the two compare?
The main difference between the 2 are the way they are processed but the end result is the same ( no ions, minerals or salts). Both need to be remineralized before being used in a freshwater tank but for marine tanks, if you are using a salt mix, that should suffice. Salt does not evaporate so using it to refill the marine tank as is for evaporation is fine.Hi, I’m thinking about starting a nano reef tank (currently have a 180 fowlr tank) can I use distilled water instead of rodi? How do the two compare?
Some volatile chemicals like chloramines arent removed by distillation.
Supposedly not by reverse osmosis either but I haven't heard of any store bought distilled water having chloramine showing up in tests. Not sure anyone at home would be making distilled water.
Even so I can just use prime to remove, no?
Distilled water should be pure and I doubt chloramine would evaporate at the same rate as water.