2007-06-09 07:23:13 · 7 answers · asked by lumi 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
to make distilled water at home is difficult but with the right equipment or even a pressure cooker you can do it.
If you are looking into making distilled water for your fish tank, don't do it. Distilled water is not the water you want for your fish or your tank. Bottled spring water or regular tap water with a dechlor will work great.
2007-06-12 17:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The steam from boiling water will make distilled water. Those little droplets that gather on the lid of a pan of boiling water? That's distilled water. In a laboratory there is special equipment designed for gathering the steam and turning it back into water (a condenser is one way- like the above poster mentioned). Not sure of the best way to make your own distilled water.. it's cheap enough to just buy at the store. But I'd imagine that if you came up with a way to boil water in a container with a heat resistant hose attached to the lid leading to another container, you could get distilled water that way.
EDIT: Regarding MM's post below, if you got a still or distilling unit, you could also make some killer moonshine as well as distilled water. :)
2007-06-09 07:41:28 · answer #2 · answered by drcrankenstyne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you would need is a distilling unit, or a still. The water boils and the steam from it condenses and is collected as distilled water.
As others have said, this is a time consuming and expensive process to do at home and you would be far better off buying your distilled water.
MM
2007-06-09 07:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Distilled water is nothing more than water that has been boiled then ran through a cooling medium to condense is back from a vapor to a liquid.
2007-06-09 07:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by Steiner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You just get a bottled water, let it sit open for a day and use it or cover it up and use it when needed. This process is needed to get the chlorine out of the water.
2007-06-13 00:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can add AquaSafe or something like that to make it fish-safe. RO, or Reverse Osmosis, also makes the water even more pure than AquaClear. But the cheapest system costs around $100.
~ZTM
2007-06-09 16:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by ZooTycoonMaster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave a bottle of water with no cap on it out in the open for 24 hours, at least, to get the clorein out
2007-06-09 07:26:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋