Smart Water

[therich84]

Smart Water by Glaceau is vapor distilled and they add calcium, potassium and magnesium into it. would this be good to use in a pinch for top offs?

 

[tosiek]

No. =0)

 

[therich84]

is there a specific reason y?

 

[Mario]

Smart Water by Glaceau is vapor distilled and they add calcium, potassium and magnesium into it. would this be good to use in a pinch for top offs?

Hello, I use Crystall Rock Water for the last 4 years. I have battled differnt types of algae all this time, so maybe its not so good. They call the water "premium' water, with added Mg, K+, and Ca2+. I cannot understand this

Mario

 

[grknyer]

Why don't you buy a ro unit?
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...-filtration-system-booster-pump-135-00-a.html

 

[therich84]

because my mother doesnt want any more equipment in the house. she owns the house so its her rules, i already got the tank in the living room which she didnt want. im not tryin to push it

 

[tosiek]

Just some stuff ive read in the past on the topic.

Isn't smart water expensive? I would go broke changing 10+ gallons every 2 weeks and water for top off if i was buying the RO/DI.

The problem with vapor distilled is that while yes its super pure water with no dissolved, sometimes the storage containers and drain tubes and sometimes the collection pan is copper. For that fact alone without calling the company to check i would be weary.

also there is that discussion about the polarity of the molecules beeing out of wack since its not put through a ionization process and causing stress on fish.

Look through RC and the other sites. Alot of information on RO/DI vs Kata-ani vs distilled vs tap.

 

[tosiek]

And tell your mom its to purify drinking/cooking water =0) You can give a good explaination why its good for other things. Less money on bottled water if you buy that, unless she makes u guys drink out of the hose. :bigeyes2:

 

[therich84]

lol we drink mostly smart water so its always on hand.

 

[noodleman]

tell her with the RO/Di you can make her all the smart water she wants

 

[grknyer]

tell her with the RO/Di you can make her all the smart water she wants

Yeah and if you collect the waste water the ro/di puts out you can use it for watering your garden or watever else you have use for it.:scratchch

 

[therich84]

so i broke down and got a coral life ro unit from wonderful world of fish

 

[GeoB]

Yeah and if you collect the waste water the ro/di puts out you can use it for watering your garden or watever else you have use for it.:scratchch

If you are softening the water (usually whole-house) before the RO, there is elevated levels of sodium, or potassium, depending on the type of salt in the softener. This is consentrated along with other removed contaminants in the RO waste water. It would probable kill your plants. Maybe you would flush toilets with it. This "waste" topic is the down side of RO units. But, still the lesser of two evils.