sterile water

Im trying to find out if sterile would be save to use in my tank. Im saving up to get a ro/di system. but my tab water is not good at all. tank been going for about 4 years now but always had alge problems. I been using prime but its just not enough. And also I think I got a bad batch of salt mix and my cal jump to 500. and thats after wc. ever thing else is right on the dot. thanks for ya'lls help

 

Define sterile water ? You talking about distilled water ?

 

like the kind that is used in hospitals.

 

Well it does depend on the mineral amounts as well. It is most likely some form of distilled water and you then need to make sure the copper levels are not too high. I use distilled water for my top-offs.

 

What does that mean? Used in hospitals for what?

Dialysis machines use RO/DI water. Are you referring to water used for surgical means?

The term "sterile" means free from living germs, or aseptic. If you're asking if this water is suitable for reef tanks, then yes. It's the water created by RO/DI systems.

 

ya, its the kind to clean out people with a trake in there throat. i know it has to be pure its just i hread that distilled water gos thur a copper line after its been heated

 

Hospitals almost always use medical grade stainless steel stills for water used in surgery and treatment. Sometimes they use other exotic alloys, but no reactive metals should be used in the process.

Analytical labs, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other very tight tolerance applications use glass distilled water. In glass stills there aren't even trace levels of anything but pure H2O. In my college chem class we used glass distilled water all the time, they made it on site.

I would think a hospital still would put out water cleaner than an RO/DI unit. You should test for copper before adding it tho, as there's no telling what MIGHT be lurking.

 

thats what i was thnking graysoul. i can't go wrong. Thanks