Water

[tlgreve]

Petco pre mix is NOT RO! When I worked a the store in FL, we sold our water. It was simply filtered water, TDS approx 30 with a salt mix added. Most likely the same in NJ. We do sell the boxed water that is natural ocean water. (filtered and sterilized of course)

[chrischris]

Originally Posted by aquawolf

Now I am curious as to if anyone has ever bothered tasting their RO/DI water?

tell you the truth it taste better than bottled water but ive heard if you drink it it will not give you any minerals so its bad for you but i was out in my garage and it was the only water i had

[chrischris]

any ro water is better the tap check fish stores they usually sell it for around 30 cents

[Jnicho]

yea...if you drink mostly RO water, you need to be sure and take a supplement to replace the minerals you are not getting.

[jfurg75]

I only use a RO after my water softener i have had no problems Lowes sells a inexpensive one (however if you use it on an auto top off you will go throug filters pretty fast!!) around 150 or so !! i tried straight up tap it was not good!!

[Jen's&Gil'sgoneReef]

Originally Posted by wannareef

tastes like nothing

HEHEHE... i BUY fiji WATER sometimes because I'm a college student and you know the bottle looks cool but the taste of my ro/di water is the same, like
NOTHING !!

Almost like cool liquid air ..

[protege]

BTW, do NOT drink DI water. Due to the removal of all minerals, the water will leech minerals from your body to replace. Actually DI water is not safe to drink. It is ok in an emergency, but not as a stable source of water as the removal of minerals will cause permenant damage. RO water is perfectly fine.

[Jnicho]

Don't want to start a war...but The World Health Organization considers RO, DI and also distilled water to all be "demineralised" and, as such, each is equal in their potential health risks.

[chrischris]

ya i though so but i wonder why its ok for fish

[Jnicho]

Originally Posted by chrischris

ya i though so but i wonder why its ok for fish

It's only good for SW fish because your salt mix adds in the necessary trace minerals/elements. If you use RO for FW fish you have issues due to the lack of trace minerals/elements.

[Jnicho]

If anyone is really interested here is a link to WHO's paper on demineralized water:

"http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/nutdemineralized.pdf

[Junkzoo]

Originally Posted by aquawolf

Now I am curious as to if anyone has ever bothered tasting their RO/DI water?

Drink RO here, and so do the dogs n parrots here, along with cooking with it. On a well here(not all that bad, but i got a RO/DI when i moved here, for the tanks, and us.)

Tastes better than most anything on the shelves IMO.
(which a lot of times are a municipal water source run thru a RO at best) BTW: "spring" water most always comes from a well (underground spring)

Some 25 yrs or so ago, there was a local bottling company located in a suburb south of Chicago that touted it had the best tasting water, and advertised it won awards for such. Then I think it was Hinkley and Schmit(sp?)that wanted to buy the company,,went to check the springwater source(well) that they said they used for the water source and found cobwebs and other signs of nonuse for a long time.Then they asked about the more than normal water lines etc, in the bottling facility. "that's only used to wash the bottles(back then glass bottles were used=deposit type).Come to find out they used Chicago tap water then run thru a carbon filter.
Been that way for many yrs. it turned out. during all that time, they still were getting accolades for it's "great " taste.Needless to say, the sale never went thru, and think legal proceedings occurred.(return of intent to purchase $$)Since the cat was out of the bag, the company did damage control , and changed the label from "spring" to bottled water, and lasted a few more yrs b4 closing.

I let coworkers/non believers taste my before and after (RO) water, and they usually can't believe it's the same water,(RO)

Drinking DI water is said to be not healthy for prev mentioned reasons, but i feel with with everything else we ingest, we prob get enough minerals etc, to make up for it's lack in DI.(Tho i would never tell anyone to drink DI , just cuz it's not worth the chance.)