Can I top off with Distilled water?

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  1. monster

    monster Bristle Worm

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  2. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Yep!
     
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  3. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Sounds like a good plan to me.
     
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  4. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Yes you can..But People told me not to do it to the point where i did it ALOT! but for tempararly usage thats fine.
     
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  5. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    11 dollars for 2.3 gallons of sea water! that more then milk
     
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  6. saints fan 420

    saints fan 420 Expensive Colorful Sticks

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    yeah itll work but gonna cost alot..maybe try and go to your grocery store, most of them have a glacier rodi water machine outside, thats what i use..25 cents a gallon..goes through 7 stage rodi filtration and 2 ultraviolet filters..
     
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  7. johntekin

    johntekin Fire Worm

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    The only problem with store bought water is that you do not know how often they change the filters. It could be going through the 5 to 7 filter stages but if they are all 2 years old it may not be creating 0 TDS water....

    When I switched from store bought water to my own RODI system (with a TDS meter) I no longer had algae problems. To me, it is an essential tool for reef keeping. JMTC:-/
     
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  8. saints fan 420

    saints fan 420 Expensive Colorful Sticks

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    on the glacier machines, it tells you when it was last serviced and one day i asked the guy servicing it said that it only resets when he puts a new filter in it..usually every 2 weeks the one by my house gets serviced..i always check anything going into my tank, and it has always read 0...he also said that it wont service you water if it nots reading 0 tds...this is just for the glacier machines, dont know about any others..
     
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  9. Crimson Ghost

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    I have heard people say that the salinity is all over the place, .022 - .028 I suggest you test it before you use it. Aside from that, if you don;t mind paying sounds like you are all set for now
     
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  10. dand355

    dand355 Astrea Snail

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    way to much moneys . make your own or buy water from lfs, mines at 56 cent per gal i think , i make my own with the glacier water machines and i test the water everytime and had no prob, for the last 4 yrs .
     
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