Bored? How about Mentoring a Newbie?

[Scott Christenson]

Sorry folks, this Mentor is spoken for

 

[Scott Christenson]

New RODI system on order. Can I use distilled until the new system is up and running?

 

[road_runner]

Sorry folks, this Mentor is spoken for

Lol do not worry am active in like 20 heavy threads on this forum and others ha ha.
Any update on your end? What's your plan here?

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

OK, so my plan is:
Get RODI installed ASAP
Remove rock and junk from sump
Figure out how to increase water volume in sump, no idea at this point
Replace phosphate remover in Reactor with carbon
Figure out why Skimmer is wet, no idea at this point
Ask mentor how he cleans his socks
Will not add any additional fish

 

[road_runner]

OK, so my plan is:
Get RODI installed ASAP
Good

Remove rock and junk from sump
Good. I would do that aith pump and skimmer off so if any debris is stirred it will not go to the pump. You can even wait on this till the water change so you do it safe and all the stirred nutrients you take out when you take out the water.

Figure out how to increase water volume in sump, no idea at this point
This is simple. Just add more water ha ha.. what am I missing?

Replace phosphate remover in Reactor with carbon
Good

Figure out why Skimmer is wet, no idea at this point
There is a knob on the skimmer it will bring up the water in the the skimmer down. Bring the water down by rotating the skimmer.
If you look at the skimmer you see water go in to it, then at some point water turn to bu bubbles. This is called water to bubble line. Bring your water to bubble line down to where the neck of the skimmer meet the skimmer collection cup. This way only bubble and foam go up to the skimmer cup neck..I hope you are getting the picture if not let me know I can explain more.

Ask mentor how he cleans his socks
Will not add any additional fish

I wash them by hand. Every weekend I put all my socks inside a bucket. And scrub scrub. Ha ha

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

So there are a billion choices for RODI systems
Which do you use?

 

[road_runner]

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[road_runner]

Oh make sure you get something that has a built in TDS meter. Will make your live easier.

 

[khiyasu]

So there are a billion choices for RODI systems
Which do you use?

Depends on your tds coming out from your tapwater but typically a 4 stage is good enough. Spectrapure is great, BRS ones are good too. If buying used you’ll need to replace the filters and potentially the membrane. If it doesn’t come with a tds meter you can buy one separately to install. At minimum, a dual inline tds meter is great to measure Pre and post DI so you can monitor membrane and final water output. Even better if you can get triple for pre and post membrane, and one for the final output. Not necessary I just like monitoring the membrane performance. As for carbon/sediment filters usually you can tell by the colour. Sediment becomes brown and I change both at the same time.

 

[road_runner]

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[road_runner]

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[ScottR]

@Ohashimz - I’ll let you take the wheel on this. One thing I see that is worth mentioning is he has a mandarin. It’s important to know it’s strict diet.

 

[road_runner]

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[ScottR]

Yeh man honestly one thing that bothering me alot is his bio load. It's high for his system but I cannot ask him to reduce it..I just asked him not to add.
We need to deal with the tap water he been putting in his system then take it from there. I doubt copepods growing I'm this system, not at this early stage and with all what's in the tap water..
We will take it slow with hims and see how it goes.

He may have to see if someone can hold it for him. Or some of the others as well until everything is ready and stable.

 

[road_runner]

He may have to see if someone can hold it for him. Or some of the others as well until everything is ready and stable.

That would be ideal.

 

[khiyasu]

i disagree a bit here, If you want to have one tds meter then it should be at the very final output.
You want to know what tds are you producing and putting in your tank.
Membrane tds is used ad an indicator for pre membrance filters health.
But at the end of the day you want zero tds in your tank, hence is you will put one tds meter only, I would put it at the output of the rodi.

The typical inline tds meter is usually a dual inline tds meter. That’s why I recommended pre and post DI resin. Pre to measure membrane performance and post DI for final output

 

[Scott Christenson]

Ohashimz - Can you please pick out the RODI system that I should use? Don't worry about $$. Whatever you think is best for my situation. Because I cannot connect it to the ATO do you advice that I get a large drum to sit next to it to store the water? My current RO system in the basement has a 10 gallon holding tank which runs a line upstairs in which I can then fill 5 gallon buckets, and that works great. I could see if I can buy that from Culligan.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Ohashimz - Can you please pick out the RODI system that I should use? Don't worry about $$. Whatever you think is best for my situation. Because I cannot connect it to the ATO do you advice that I get a large drum to sit next to it to store the water? My current RO system in the basement has a 10 gallon holding tank which runs a line upstairs in which I can then fill 5 gallon buckets, and that works great. I could see if I can buy that from Culligan.

I have a 75

I use the BRS 150GPD 5 stage water saver and I have been very happy with it over the past year. I do need to use a booster due to my water pressure.