Using Destilled water for water changes for water changes

[MisterTickle]

My stepfather is able to receive Destilled Water for free from his job I'm not sure why exactly but he works in a hospital and they need it for the machines or something and they have "Tap and Distilled" taps. His friend, Who's a reefer, Used to use it before he got his RO/DI unit and atm I don't have the money to shell out and I'm using tap water atm and having algae problems (which could be attributed to the NY Water Supply) so I was wondering if Destilled water was as good as RO/DI unit and fine to use from now on for water changes and top off?

 

[iseeweed]

I used distilled water for quite a while on a small tank before I invested in an RO/DI unit. I would highly recommend the distilled water over the tap water. Try it for a few months and you may be amazed at the results. City water contains chlorine, fluoride and other chemicals which are terrible for reef tanks!

 

[Anonymous]

Just make sure that the distilling equipment doesn't have copper tubing in it.

 

[MisterTickle]

Hey this is kinda off topic but I have these two small mushrooms i bought on a piece of rock.

http://irawr.net/picture.php?id=226

They were fully green and spread out and now they have a bit of a blue tint and seem to be doing random stuff like they'll come around they edge and get smaller and bluer and I'm a bit concerned.

I have the light on for like 10 hours today.