can you use water from your dehumidfier for your salt water aquarium or does it contain more bacteria?

Answer 1

NO!!!! You can only use de-ionized, distilled or RO water with a salt water tank.
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Answer 2

This is actually a good question. I would assume the water may be safe. Heck, look in the Ocean, Acid Rain etc. and fish live, why? Because the minute quantity is dispersed in the Volume. BUT!!!, There always the butt. I would use Distilled water and add my salt. Saltwater Fish are too expensive to take Chances. I even do this with my Freshwater Tanks. Now, sometimes, when I clean my Filter it loses prime and I have to fill with water, usually 4 cups, I just use tap water and no chlorine remover, or salt, because I understand what I just said. Hope this helps.
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Answer 3

if you have a salt water aquarium, obviously the plants/fish/animals you have in there are also salt/sea water. so what matters most is that the water you should be adding or replacing/changing into your aquarium should also be salt/seawater also.

it is do with salinity -Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water.

if you add or change fresh water into your salt water aquarium, it may cause some stress to the plants/animals living in it because it is different from their normal living condition. some will be able to adapt but some won't. causing stress to those organism may lead to low resistance to infection/diseases or may lead to death. there are other factors to consider also such as temperature, ph and transparency. transparency is not much of an issue. Thermal shock can be very stressful and lethal to aquatic organism. Stress to ph may affect growth of aquatic organism.

it is also possible for you to add fresh water but insure that the water is chlorine free. you can do so by having the water aerated first for a day to evaporate the chlorine. however, when you add this aerated water, do this at a pace in small quantities for the organism to acclimatize to avoid stress.

changing their living condition even if they are able to acclimatize will have some effects like poor growth, discoloration, poor eating habits and etc.

it is best to keep them in their normal living condition where they are most comfortable.

so before you add or change water consider salinity and temperature of the water to avoid stressing your "pets" and plants in your aquarium.

Answer 4

IMO I wouldn't risk it, especially with salt water fish-too expensive. Check here on these forums though.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/
http://www.aquariumboard.com/forums/home.php

Answer 5

No. Use fresh, clean water, unless you want to kill your fish. Of course it has bacteria, sitting stagnant in the open air. DON'T use it, please.

Answer 6

why would you want to reuse your dehumidifier water?

Answer 7

Are your fish on death-row?!?!?

Answer 8

I wouldn't.