Water Cooling Help

Iimc204

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Hello, I am very new to water cooling. I have made a mistake of buying a kit from eBay :/ after buying it, I found out about many things and realized my mistakes (like mixing metals). Now I need help as I don't know what to use for my coolant.

Parts:
1 ALUMINUM radiator (fml) (copper/aluminum doesnt go well)
2 COPPER water blocks
1 ACRYLIC reservoir

Now here's the problem.
I figured out that I would need an anti-corrosion additive which i figured to be Hyper Lube Super Coolant along with Distilled water. The thing is, Hyper Lube contains anti freeze which will crack the acrylic. I don't want to pay for another radiator so I am looking for coolant alternatives. Any ideas?
 

Hard Line

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Honestly, all anti-corrosion agents will lose their potency after a while. The bigger thing is you should never be mixing metals (see Whaler's post above) in the first place. You should never need to add anything to a premix. Additives are only needed when using straight distilled water. Even then, if you haven't mixed metals, you can typically get by with just a biocide/kill coil. so even getting anti corrosion, you will have to drain and flush the loop every so often to help stave off corrosion. you will def need a premix coolant solution. have you looked at feser products or meyem's products? I always recommend all copper parts and distiller water with kill coil. it's all o have needed for 5 years now with no need to flush the loop ( for future reference)