Bottled Water

ryuku32

ryuku32

let's get dangerous!
Apr 16, 2007
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southern maryland
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So far I've used tap water, treated with API Tap Water Conditioner (to declorify and help w/ heavy metals or whatever). I really shouldn't be buying anything, so RO is out of question... How's this water sound.

Primo gets back to the basics by using either reverse osmosis or distillation to remove harmful contaminants from our water. By using a state-of-the-art purification process, Primo water achieves better than 99.999% purity.

After restoring the water to its pure form, we improve on Mother Nature by carefully adding a select mix of 3 pharmaceutical grade minerals to make it easier to enjoy the health benefits of better hydration.
These good-tasting, good-for-you minerals are calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate and sodium bicarbonate.
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So the question is, are those minerals okay? It's got to be better than tap water, right? calcium chloride... i'd have to treat it with dechlorinate additive still?
 
Looks like very soft water with a pH of 6.5. Sound be fine after I add Instant Ocean, and treat for chlorine, eh? But what about top-off?

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My husband and found this store that sells R/0 water fairly cheapy...I think its about 50 cents a gallon. We got these big carbuoy type containers - you can get plastic water containers at Wal Mart. We spend a little over 5 dollars a week on water. (We actually buy 2 weeks worth supply at a time).

I don't know if you can find a place like that or not. But we were having periodic problems with Cyanobacteria, despite diligent "housekeeping". We had to resort to treating the whole tank for that,which we hated to do, then we started using the R/O water and have had absolutely no problems since then. Tank looks the best its ever been.
Five dollars eventually adds up tho....we are toying with the idea of our own system.....might be his birthday present!!
 
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