where to get water?

[craqerjaq]

What is the easiest and cheapest way to get enough RO/DI for a 55 gal tank? I have heard people talking about buying individual gallons and people talking about various other methods. What kind of options do I have for water to use?

[Ninong]

Option #1: Move to San Diego where filtered natural seawater is FREE at Scripps.

Option #2: Move to Seattle where filtered natural seawater is 5 cents/gallon at the Seattle Aquarium. San Diego has better weather.

Option #3: Buy your own R.O./D.I. filter.

Option #4: Buy R.O. water from Walmart for 25 cents a gallon. It's sold in bulk for 25 cents a gallon if you bring your own containers. It's in a machine in the front of Walmart Super Centers. The machine says "Drinking Water."

Option #5: Buy distilled water from Walmart for about 68 cents a gallon in one-gallon jugs.

[craqerjaq]

I have this Seachem. Prime

it's what I have been using with my water...how does it rate?

it was recommended by this lady at the LFS who has been doing saltwater for 12 years...figure she knows something.

[Ninong]

That has nothing to do with your first question about R.O./D.I. water. That's just another dechlorinator/dechloraminator. It's still tapwater, just tapwater without the chlorine or chloramine.