Need to do an emergency water change but don’t have any rodi made, Can I use distilled water instead of rodi water ?

[Victor8923]

Need to do an emergency water change but don’t have any rodi made, Can I use distilled water instead of rodi water ? Will it affect the water chemistry?

 

[steffanie]

So commercial distilled water should be as pure or more pure than RODI water since it's derived from evaporation versus passing thru a bunch of resins and filters. The only issue with distilled water is the fact that they've been sitting in a plastic jug for who knows how long so there maaaaay be some plastic particulates but never any measurable amount based on my TDS device when I've checked. I've used distilled water for about a year before I got an RODI system and I was successful with coral, fish, and inverts. I still buy distilled water when I need to do an emergency water change and haven't noticed any negative effect from it.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Yes distilled is the way to go! Get to work!

 

[Gup]

I only use bottled distilled water for all my top offs