Chip

My nipper had one of those tall water filled tubes with fish swimming around in them for Xmas. Says in instructions to only fill with distilled water. As I need 9litres of the stuff anyone know where I can get it, how much it is, or better still can I fill it with tap water and chuck in some of that fishsafe stuff that people use with tropical fish.

Chip.

InvisibleMan

Distilled water??? these are not real fish are they???

Chip

Hope not!!!!!!

jjones

presumably to stop lime scale forming.

fill her with tap water and when kiddie is bored with it in 2 months you can drain it and shove it in the loft

GM

What's the tap water in Cardiff like? If it's fairly soft you be able to use it as is - if it's full of nasty lime then probably best not to as the limescale may gum up the pump thingy.

Back in the days when car batteries needed topping up, car accessory shops used to sell distilled water - can't say I've noticed whether they still do or not!

GM

Little Miss WRX

You can still get distilled water from local car shops, one local to me sells it.

HHxx

But it costs a lot for water.....

Can't you just boil it?

RB5SCOTT

what about a Britta water filter

Scott

carl

Rainwater collected in a plastic container should do the trick. Failing that, I would have thought a chemists would sell it.

dsmith

Local school chemistry department may have a water distiller and could help you out (I know mine did many years ago )

Think a brita water filter (and some patience) may do the trick though

jjones

go down tescos and buy yourself from bottles water. that should do the trick

Richard Askew

http://www.homebase.co.uk

click on search for your nearest store...might be worth a trip... Distilled water = 97p/litre IIRC

(guess who used to work for HB)


edited cos I still cant spell...

[Edited by Richard Askew - 12/27/2001 11:02:14 AM]

Chip

Got some in Halfords. £3.29 5/l

Cheers all

Chip.

LEE-69

All you had to do was boil water let it go cold.job done.

Butty

iTrader: (2)

Distilled water is probably specified as tap water contains chlorine, which can affect fish if too strong.
Either use rainwater or boiled water which has been COOLED - very important that last bit!!
Nick

dsmith

To be pedantic, boiled tap water is very different from Distilled water.

Boiling will kill germs but only cencentrate other impurities Given that its artificail fish I think its jut limescale they want to avoid though

LEE-69

my 5ft bubble lamp as had pre boiled water in it for a year now.still clean as the day we did it.

DocJock

Boiled water is NOT distilled water.

If you are too tight to fork out £7.00 , dehumidifiers collect the condensed water they suck up....this is distilled water.