.Haliax.
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I make my own RODI
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When I am at Bills I notice how many people buy water there, lots of water. There must be decent money in that. I cannot imagine toting all that water around, it is enough for me to do water changes each week and that is just going out the back door.
BamaCoastPyrat
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Right on. With gas prices right now, I figure each trip to get water is costing me $15 plus the price of the water, so I'm going to bite the bullet and buy an RODI setup tonight.
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I have only had my tank set up for 8 weeks and it is a massive pain in the butt. I'm going to buy 10 gallons of water in a couple of hours when I head to mobile and that is the last time I'm driving to buy water. I'll order a RODI system tonight.
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I had an old unit for a really long time. I replaced it last year with a fairly high end BRS unit, I was pretty impressed with it. I also did the storage tank with it so we use it for drinking water, ice, etc.
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This is the one that I am leaning towards. It sounds like the one that you are describing. I will add a pressure gauge and TDS meter.
How does the water taste out of it?
.Haliax.
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I didn't know they made one for reef and drinking use. I never tried it, but I always heard drinking RODI wasn't good for you. Maybe the drinking water bypasses the DI resin or something, I'm not sure.
Anyway, yeah buying a RODI set up is totally worth it, I highly recommend it. If you need any assistance with it, let me know
Anyway, yeah buying a RODI set up is totally worth it, I highly recommend it. If you need any assistance with it, let me know
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Yes, you can make it bypass the DI resin, I even put an extra one way valve in there to reassure the DI water does not back through.
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Out of mine it taste fine, I bypass the DI resin. If you really do not like the taste out of it you can put a filter right before your faucet to give it more flavor. We actually prefer it to bottled water. It also runs to my ice maker and I take the water to work and make my coffee with it.
I took a pool bucket, I guess around 6-7 gallons and put a float valve in it right at the 5 gallon mark. When I need to do a water change I just pull a hose from my kitchen cabinet into the bucket, turn the valve on and make water 5 gallons exactly each time.
And yes, that is the exact same one I bought.
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Going back to this thread, we do all need to keep in touch. This hobby can be expensive. Someone may need a fitting, pump, have an emergency, etc.
I do not know how many times I have thought in the back of my mind that in an emergency there is no one I currently know that I would trust to keep my tank running. It is not like the average joe can look at a reef tank and know which valve controls the sump level. I also just enjoy geeking out talking about tanks, programming or sysadmin stuff.
I do not know how many times I have thought in the back of my mind that in an emergency there is no one I currently know that I would trust to keep my tank running. It is not like the average joe can look at a reef tank and know which valve controls the sump level. I also just enjoy geeking out talking about tanks, programming or sysadmin stuff.
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I agree 100%
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I am amazed how dead this is. I have no idea what happened to all the local people collaborating? I tried the Facebook groups by creating a fake account, I have no desire to do another personal Facebook account. The result? Horrible. You cannot really get a collaboration going, it just seems like the Facebook groups are vendors peddling their wares. I also have no idea what to do to make everything more collaborative and personal? I mean back when I was getting started reefing in Mobile we have a blast posting on mbrk.com and talking about our tanks, gear, learning it all. Maybe life has just changed for everyone, I have no idea what to do to spark an interest for everyone. I have so many dang frags to get rid of and well, no one seems interested. I mean at this point I am just trading frags for fish food with the local shops, I just thought there would be more interest in the hobby now. When I posted to see interest in frags, about 4 people replied wanting them but not one person followed through with it.
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BamaCoastPyrat
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Where were you posting about frags? I agree about the Facebook groups. They are just people selling stuff. I can't remember where you said you are. I'm in Daphne.I am amazed how dead this is. I have no idea what happened to all the local people collaborating? I tried the Facebook groups by creating a fake account, I have no desire to do another personal Facebook account. The result? Horrible. You cannot really get a collaboration going, it just seems like the Facebook groups are vendors peddling their wares. I also have no idea what to do to make everything more collaborative and personal? I mean back when I was getting started reefing in Mobile we have a blast posting on mbrk.com and talking about our tanks, gear, learning it all. Maybe life has just changed for everyone, I have no idea what to do to spark an interest for everyone. I have so many dang frags to get rid of and well, no one seems interested. I mean at this point I am just trading frags for fish food with the local shops, I just thought there would be more interest in the hobby now. When I posted to see interest in frags, about 4 people replied wanting them but not one person followed through with it.
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West Mobile. I may had cross-posted in two groups, but I know for sure I posted in the Mobile and Baldwin County group.
BamaCoastPyrat
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Is this you? It's the only post about frags I saw on mobile/Baldwin county in July that wasn't from a business.
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I'm only 6 months into this hobby. So I usually ignore the coral posts. But I would like a forum for local engagement.
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There already is one, I made it. The issue is no one visits it.
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Is this you? It's the only post about frags I saw on mobile/Baldwin county in July that wasn't from a business.
I do not see my post anymore. I do not really remember pulling them down though, so either I did pull them down after a week or the moderator deleted them. I got replies from Xzandrea Whittaker, Theresa Ann Kirk, Stevo Sloan and Zack Tanner. No one ever followed up after PMing me though.
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What is it?
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I see. I'm guessing you're selling the frags? I don't have my AI Prime's set up yet so I can't keep corals. And I also haven't studied up on them yet.
