Removing existing bioballs

i am thinking of buying bottled distilled water. Spritzer brand , rather famous here, apparently contains zero minerals.. Can i just check with a copper test kit, if it reads zero can i go use it ?

 

CORRECTION;
1. What is distilled water?
Distilled water is also called steam-distilled water. Distilled water is water which has been heated to the boiling point so that impurities are separated from the water, which becomes vapor or steam at 212 degrees farenheit(100C.). Steam is then cooled and condensed back into pure liquid form. The impurities remain as residue in the steam kettle(to be periodically removed). This distillation system removes waterborne biological contaminants such as bacteria, parasites and viruses, organic and inorganic chemicals, heavy metals, volatile gasses, cysts, and other contaminants. Pure water contains no solids, minerals, or trace elements. It is clean, natural, and healthy. Steam distilled water is the standard by which all other waters are measured.

 

i think what he meant was, the pure water produced by the process would be stored in a copper plated container of sorts? i just bought a 8 litre bottled distilled water. wondering if it has copper inside

 

Some distillers are made completely out of copper so unless you know for a fact that the distillery that you are buying water from uses no copper in their distiller, I wouldn't chance it.

 

i have already sent an email asking that to the company . it's called spritzer btw, hope they don't hide about it ;D

 

I hope so too but you can always buy a copper test and test it yourself if you want complete peace of mind

 

i'm acutally planning to get one tomorrow, the brand API , but are they accurate enough ? i mean if it reads 0 ppm, there might still be a slight amount of copper? it would totally suck if it kills my reef! lol

 

I should think that an API test should be good enough to make that determination. I'm not sure if copper tests work like most tests in that they can only give you an "undetectable" result so I'm afraid I can't help you much there.

 

So there are no places nearby that sell RO water? Grocery stores or fish stores? I would check with local reefers too to see where they get there water. Otherwise get an RO/DI unit or at least an RO unit.

 

If it reads 0 you are fine, anything less than 1 ppm would then fall into the "trace" category and if you read many of the coral supplement bottles there trace copper in them.