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Capt_kulafu 11-30-2010 10:05 PM

can you drink RO/DI?
 
hello my fellow reefers

Is drinking RO/DI water bad for you?

Delphinus 11-30-2010 10:09 PM

RO is most certainly OK.

Have heard that too much RO/DI is not too good. I'm sure small amounts are not too harmful but having said that, I'm not sure it tastes very nice (well it probably has as close to "zero taste" as water can get :lol: )

Capt_kulafu 11-30-2010 10:12 PM

how about if i purchase a RO unit is it good to the reef tank?

Polscot 11-30-2010 10:19 PM

you bet
 
ro/di water is essentially the purest for of water u can get, it has pretty much 0 in it, it imo tastes good, and yes its healty, alot of those wierd vegan non meat eaters :) hehe drink it, it is most certainly the best water for a reef tank also, alot of the stuff in normal tap water will cause algae blooms and mass diatoms, so yes to both bud

Capt_kulafu 11-30-2010 10:33 PM

thanks polscot

Lampshade 11-30-2010 10:42 PM

Apperently if you've drank tap water mostly before, drinking RO/DI is pretty miuch tasteless. Most people don't like it, since we've gotten used to the taste of the chlorine and stuff in the tap water. I tried it, tastes like air?. Probably good for you striaght from the RO/DI, I'm not sure about how good it would be after a few days of stuff getting in it. They don't add chlorine just for fun to our water, it's to stop bacteria growning.

Dive_dry 11-30-2010 10:50 PM

bottle water is RO water

hillbillyreefer 11-30-2010 11:11 PM

I've been drinking it for decades, hasn't hurt me yet. It makes the best coffee you can make.

Bloodasp 11-30-2010 11:34 PM

I have started to drink RO/DI water since I installed it a couple of months ago. Haven't seen any bad effects yet. It actually tastes better than just filtered water from what I noticed.

daniella3d 11-30-2010 11:36 PM

It totaly lack mineral so drinking too much of it will be detrimental to your health yes. We do need some mineral salt or we could be poisoned by water if we swet and the mineral are not replaced.

So it'S ok if you drink mineral in other manner but if you do exercice, swet a lot and drink a lot of RODI water it would be bad for you. Do a search on water poisoning in google.

Nothing can live in RODI water, not even discus. They would die eventualy.

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Originally Posted by Capt_kulafu (Post 569344)
hello my fellow reefers

Is drinking RO/DI water bad for you?



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