alkaline ro water

[badbrady06]

Got some ro yesterday. The Guy asked if I wanted alkaline ro or regular. I asked him what the difference was and he said it just has added minerals. Made me curious. Anyone used this? Anyone know of potential benefits or drawbacks?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

That is unusual. Don't have anything added to it unless you know exactly what it was, and it sounds from the name like he added buffer, which I wouldn't want. :)

[badbrady06]

Yeah I just got the same as usual. It just made me curious. I thought someone here might have some answers.

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

It is not something I have ever seen mentioned an any thread before.

[bnumair]

its new to me too. never heard of it before. but i can assume that its ro water with alkalinity buffer added for people with high bioload of coral demand. i personally wont use it as u dont know if u need alk in ur system or not. and even if u did when u hit the level u want then how r u suppose to stop introducing alk when its in the ro water to begin with.

[badbrady06]

I think I'll just stick to what I usually use. Thanks.

[bertoni]

I think the Japanese market has "alkaline" water products. I have forgotten what they do, but it's rather silly, IMO:

http://www.amazon.co.jp/アルカリイオンの水-ペット-2L×6本/dp/B000IEJ6XU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339650612&sr=8-2

[disc1]

In one of the ads for those alkaline drinking water products it claimed that all processed foods were acidic and natural foods were alkaline. It then listed several foods. On the list was coca-cola at a pH of 1, doughnuts with a pH of 2, a cupcake at pH 3, water at pH 7, a grapefruit at pH 9, and an orange at pH 10.

Now, just from those values you tell me what you think about their science. I think "full of baloney" would be a gross understatement.

[discocarp]

Citrus is alkaline? Wait? What?