Distilled Water

[jap1]

I was wondering if anyone uses distilled water. I use RO/DI, but have a friend who uses distilled water. We were wondering if the distilled would lack the trace elements necessary to maintain a successful reef.

[dwdenny]

I used to use Distilled water in my FOWLR until I got and RO unit. I dont see many trace elements making it through and RO/DI. Just have to add them back but most of use do anyway. JMO

[demodiki]

Yeah, you don't want anything more than the water going through. Your trace elements come from your salt and whatever additives you dose.

[jap1]

Ok, thanks. That's what I was assuming, but I wanted to know for sure.

[GaryP]

When they make distilled water, they run it through carbon and DI first, so it is essentially the same thing.