Salt Water & Water Filtration

[grnger]

Is there a difference in using bottled/filtered water as a salt water base or better to use tap water that has gone through a tap water filter?

 

[Deanos]

Top options, IMO:

1. RO/DI
2. DI only
3. distilled water

The fewer TDS, the better. Test the bottled and tap waters to determine which is best (lower in TDS).

 

[mstrofdisaster]

Is there a difference in using bottled/filtered water as a salt water base or better to use tap water that has gone through a tap water filter?

No tap water! Only distilled or RO/DI.

Here's a link to a good RO/DI unit for home:
http://www.airwaterice.com/product/1COMPACT/Compact_Reefkeeper.html

Using tap water will cause all sorts of problems like algae blooms and other nasty stuff. If you are going to used bottled water, use distilled only.

BTW: TDS = Total Dissolved Solids