Pure drinking water

[Dinosaur]

I was thinking of subsituting pure drinking water like 'Ice Mountain' wif tape water? Is it going to be benificial to the corals?

[shiraz]

HMmmmmmmm a point to ponder on. actually i think mineral water has more nutrients and i don't know if they are beneficial to the fish... they might kill e fish.. hmmm just wat i think... wait till u get the experts' point of view Dinosaur...

[NormanH]

Too ex. to use 'ice mountain'. Just imagine you need 1 litre per day(top up water) and 30 litres per week(water change).

[Dinosaur]

Let’s put the issue of cost one side first. Would it be better to use pure drinking water?

Any comments?

[Tanzy]

What's the phosphate, nitrate and heavy metal content of mineral water?

[Blue Tang]

No need to use mineral water lah.

Just test your tap water for NO2 and NO3 and make sure they are very low. My tap water once have high NO3. Complain to PUB and they immediately come and take sample but they calm water was above "water standard". Sometime NO3 peak can be due to monsoon season or dirty water tank at the roof. Just ask the PUB and Town Council to clean up their act. Water quality will return to acceptable level over long run.

[hongqixian]

HMmmmmmmm a point to ponder on. actually i think mineral water has more nutrients and i don't know if they are beneficial to the fish... they might kill e fish.. hmmm just wat i think... wait till u get the experts' point of view Dinosaur...

I added 2 1.5 litre bottles of NTUC Fairprice mineral water to my nano. Hair algae and diatoms popped up in 2-3 days.