Water good for corals?

[Imanz0]

I went and bought some distilled water, now i want to know if this is good for my corals or not?
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[azrednex]

It's probably good, although some brands add minerals back in.

[bertoni]

Distilled water generally seems okay, although often not as pure as RO/DI.

[Imanz0]

I thought DI was distilled water...

[bertoni]

DI stands for DeIonized. It's very different from distilled.

[Imanz0]

oooooo, so distilled water is bad for corals? I dont wanna take any chances

[Jmikitz]

cant say its bad. its better then tap but ro\di is the best..

[Imanz0]

wats dif tho?

[Jmikitz]

ro\di is as close to pure h20 there is.. its lab grade water.. its really water thats stripped of everything.. only thing that makes it water is its wet. distilled is a different process and can contain minerals and such. im sure someone will chime in with a better explanation.

[Imanz0]

Well, i poured out all of the distilled water, and ima go and buy some ro water tomarow.

[winklebe]

So puring out the distilled is kind of silly and over reactive you could have at least drank it, additionally it is fine for use in the tank and will not harm the corals (provided that the distalation is of high quality, witch it will be if it is market as distilled) and the only concern is "Distilled drinking water" as a label may read, this product will be distilled then flavored up with chemicals to make it taste good (such as NACL or salt)..

..and to respond to a post earlier distilled water is used in almost all of the chemistry labs I have ever been in when it comes to pure water not (RODI) and to be honest it is what is used in the preperation of live Vacines that start out as powders.

[kevin2000]

Distilled water is just fine and I know of no experienced aquarist who would say otherwise.