Crystalclear purified water???

[leaky]

Has anyone heard of "Crystal Clear Purified Water" On thier brochure it says you can use it in aquariums.... I was wondering if anyone knows of this water you can get at loblaws and other grocery stores??? here is thier link---
http://www.crystalclearwater.ca

[Greg Moore]

Leaky

I don't know that brand, but I have used distilled water from our grocery store a number of times. Being distilled it is perfect for aquarium use (unlike spring water). Cost was $2 for a 10 liter jug, just under a buck a gallon..

I also ran a couple of tests on it to be curious, ph was 7.2, conductivity (DVM) was infinate and calcium was zero. Never tested phosphates etc but those numbers suggest it is pure distilled.



Greg Moore

[ajx22]

Distilled water is great...however, you have to be careful that durring the distilling process, the water was not in contact with copper!!

A lot of distillers use copper piping - so you may be adding copper to your tank.

Just to be safe - do a test for copper - and if there is none...then you should be safe!

HTH