reverse osmosis/bottled water

[malady]

so starting my hydro grow

went to the pet store today they sell reverse osmosis water for a dollar a gallon in the fish section

should i just buy this everytime i chnage teh water in my bubbler bucket?


or would bottled water be fine an just as effective


im going to adjust the ph on both after obviously

let me know thanks

[malady]

no one can input?

[frou frou]

If you don't want to use tap water,

the cheapest alternative (other than rainwater), is to buy a RO/DI unit (ebay is usually cheapest). Can probably make 5000 gallons and cost about $100.

Can drink the water too.

Why bother giving the pet shop profit. Also if the shop doesn't maintain the RO unit, nothing you can do about it.

[malady]

thanks for replying

i thought this forum was good for nothing now ever since i left a while ago

[frou frou]

Heh the funny thing is I come here for hydroponics advice only. I don't actually grow pot.

[Mr.Sparkle]

lol its true though, there is a lot of information on this forum that growers of all kind can use

[HRpuffNstuff]

I buy I gallon plastic jugs of DISTILLED water @ 64 cents per gallon The distillation process strips the water from most of its minerals. That means the only nutrients my plant gets are the ones that I'm giving it. The only thing I have to adjust is the Ph level.

Just my experience, but I thought I'd pass it on. Good luck!

[Unclenugs]

i use those drinking water RO machines in front of like all grocery stores with a couple 5 gallon bottles. as long as you check the date they were last serviced, the water i get reads 0 ppm and only costs me 15cents a gallon.