[ScoobityDoobity]

Hey yall I'm back!
My tank totally crashed when I got my VHO's and MH's running. My diatoms bloomed out like crazy and then all my coral died. I'm pretty sure it is all due to the fact that I have WAYYYYY too much silicates in my water. And once I turned on the lights they just went to town and so on. ANYWAY, I want to know what RO/DI unit most everyone uses and your opinions on them. Especially what stage unit I need. Since I have terribly hard water I know I'll need something that can really clean it up. Thanks you guys. I missed yall!

 

[Guest]

i dont know the name but mine is a 3 stage.....

 

[Buehlz]

you would be looking for any Culligan, Ametech, or US Filter RO filter... Min of a 3 stage but the more stages you have the safer your water is. FYI the same company makes ALL of these filters

 

[squid]

Spectapure makes a great system too. 3, 4, 5 and I belive they make a 7 stage unit now.

 

[Jeremy1973]

I bought my 4 stage RO/DI unit from Premium Aquatics. It was the oceanus 4 stage. I love it! I have an adapter for my shower head. So, when I need it, I take off the shower head, plug in the ro/di unit, and voila. That is what I suggest.

 

[cyberchef]

I have a 5 stage from "Air Water and Ice"... Good prices, great product and service. We gotours with the storage tank as well and we use it for RO/DI for the tanks and RO for us.

http://www.airwaterice.com/

 

[Prismaco]

I use a 5 stage RO/DI unit. its around 4-1 4 gallons waiste - 1 gallon good...I usually watch the grass grow when I do it



-Paul

 

[Reefer Addict]

^^^ I'm with Prismaco...

I have a 5-stage RO/DI that I scored on ebay that included the reservoir tank and the sink spigot. I also plumbed it so that the RO goes to the spigot, and I can get RO/DI from a valve under the sink.
Works great... and coffee tastes awesome now too

 

[grazhopr]

I bought a 3 stage Oceanus from ARS and then purchased the DI add on (i did it this way for budget limitations). I think a 4 stage should do for starters. I suggest you get a good TDS meter too (they're no too expensive) and it'll help you know if your unit is doing a good job.

 

[Ray1214]

I use a 5 stage AquaPure system I got from ebay for about 90 bucks.

Ray

 

[Prismaco]

I use the excess water for drinking water...it tastes way better then my regular tap water... should I be doing that ? Or is that water not good to drink ?


-Paul

 

[cmccartt]

I have an AquaFX Dolphin 3 stage 50 gpd system. It was very easy to set up and seems to work great. Premium Aquatics stocks these units. The place that I ordered mine from also threw in a free TDS meter. I can't remember the name of the place but I'll do some checking and post it later if you're interested. I think the system cost about $150 with shipping.

 

[Heavan]

Have you checked into the flow restrictors that go on the waste water connection? This little item is about 3 inches long, and oh..about the size of a penny in diam. This flow restrictor can be added to any unit and it will send more of the water thru the r/o unit, rather than having 3 gallons waste water, and 1 gallon good water. this will change to approximately 2 waste and 2 good. It's not much, but in the long run could save you some bucks. I think they cost like 5 bucks.

Also, the Dow R/O units 4 stage 75 gallon per day units cost about $140.00, and it comes with the flow restrictors already installed. Check with the sponsors of this board, i know one of them sells these units.

 

[Prismaco]

I have one of those on mine. It says 800 on it...what does that mean ??


-Paul

 

[squid]

ok, for a 60gpd unit, it would say 420. 60gpd-420ml flow rate

So take the 800 and divide by 7. This would make your ro/di unit a 100 + gallon a day unit. Is this what you have?

 

[Reefer Addict]

Prismaco,
You should be fine drinking the 'excess' water... that's what the majority of 'sane' people do...
It's only nut jobs like us that buy something like this specifically for their fish tank.

If you're running RO/DI the water might be a little bitter since everything has been removed from it, while RO water should taste better because there's still some mineral content left.

HTH.