I have a silly question but I really need some help..

i would think the water collected is pretty pure h2o. when water in your tanks evaporates its leaves on all the heavy minerals in the tank. this a good question.

I personally wouldn't do it but a really good way to answer the question is to ask another one: Would you drink the water?

NO NO NO
Unless you don't like your fish.
It's full of every chem in the air I have a buddy that keeps birds.
He tried a tank and did that killed all the fish by morning.

RO water is fine to drink. BUT it has ZERO benefits since there are no nutrients in it.
Some of the facilities I go to use it to make coffee.

RO water is used on a daily basis around the world for hemodialysis.



De humidifier water is full of pollutants from the air.

I know a thing or two about water quality.
one of the RO rooms I work in with a light description and alot of pix.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...at-work-for-you-hard-core-Revers-Osmosis-guys

Rich

reptilerescued said:

RO water is fine to drink. BUT it has ZERO benefits

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Well I don't know about ZERO...




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ehh said:

Well I don't know about ZERO...




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It has no benefit to a person unless you are trying to detoxify your body. since RODI is so acidic and void of any minerals it will actually leach more minerals on its way out then it deposits.

it has its benefits in cooking where you would want a base that is void of any unwanted dissolved contaminant. Just like the above poster said they see them in coffee shops all the time. There you want something that is only going to show the flavor of the coffee not the flavor of the water + the coffee.

also the water from my dehumidifier is loaded with crap shows up more ppm then my tap.

I've read that the material of the coils makes a big difference in its potability. some are less likely to leach heavy metals than others.

They also collect lots of dust and mold spores. Exponentially more than what ambiently settles on the surface of your tanks. The catch basin on a dehumidifier should be cleaned regularly. They get nasty.

If you really want to do it I would say collect some water and have it tested maybe?

Water really is cheap. Save the dehumidifier water for the house plants.

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Hello; The cold coils on my dehumidifier are metal. Water in the air condenses on them and drips into the holding tank. The fan pushes a good amount of air past the coils where dust and stuff in the air will collect on the damp coils. The amount of metal leaching into the water must be low as will the total amount stuff from the air. The stuff in the air is what you breathe and some settles onto the surface of the water in the fish tanks anaway. As the dehumidifier tank stays damp for long peroids there could be a chance for stuff from the air to grow? This question may require that someone put the water in a test tank and gives us a report.

I use a dehumidifier during the cold months to deal with the extra humidity from my tanks. I have been putting the water collected in my washing machine. The water has so far looked clean from the dehumidifier. I also collect the first few quarts of cold water in a bucket when waiting for the hot water to make it thru the pipes for a shower. I put this into the washing machine as well.