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leepink23 · Oct 1, 2019

amfreefer said:
Unfortunately I do not. I am going to purchase distilled water and then use reef accelerator. Do you have any better ideas?

Distilled water is fine, my first mistake years ago was using tap water, needless to say I battled algae. Good luck with the tank and make sure you start a build thread.

Peace River · Oct 1, 2019

amfreefer said:
Unfortunately I do not. I am going to purchase distilled water and then use reef accelerator. Do you have any better ideas?

Do you have a local fish store (LFS)? If so, you can purchase RODI water there by the 5 gallon bucket or similar sized water container.

amfreefer · Oct 1, 2019

leepink23 said:
Distilled water is fine, my first mistake years ago was using tap water, needless to say I battled algae. Good luck with the tank and make sure you start a build thread.

Thanks, I'll definitely look into that!

amfreefer · Oct 1, 2019

Peace River said:
Do you have a local fish store (LFS)? If so, you can purchase RODI water there by the 5 gallon bucket or similar sized water container.

How does that work? Do I bring my own bucket? Do they have pre mixed saltwater that has never been used, for the same price?

Sako338 · Oct 1, 2019

Welcome to the club, glad you are here!

Peace River · Oct 1, 2019

amfreefer said:
How does that work? Do I bring my own bucket? Do they have pre mixed saltwater that has never been used, for the same price?

Great questions! Usually you can bring your own bucket and they will also have some type of bucket or container available for sale (and then you can bring that back in the future for refills). Most LFSs offer both RO and saltwater - the saltwater is a little more expensive. For many of us at some point we got tired of lugging the water home from the fish store and went ahead and bought a RODI filter, but to get started it is fine to get the water from the LFS.