RO water?

[jbarnett12]

Does anyone live in the tri cities? If so. Where can I get water at? Don't really have a good location to setup a system.

 

[jbarnett12]

Does anyone live in the tri cities? If so. Where can I get water at? Don't really have a good location to setup a system.

Or does anyone use primo water from walmart?

 

[Pinback]

Use the Primo

 

[Gareth elliott]

Ro/di unit does not need to be permanent. Attach to sink faucet, throw the waste line down the drain, fill a bucket, put in a closet till next wc or ato refil.

A 4 stage unit will pay for itself in 1/2 a year or less.

 

[KJ]

Distilled water work just fine

 

[Salt1823]

You can purchase ro/di water at Pet Cove or Sea Oddities in Kingsport. Bring your own containers. I did that before I installed my system. I'm in the Tri-cities area.

 

[djray77]

Where I live its not paying for itself. I fill up one 32g brute can and my DI Resin is exhausted

 

[Salt1823]

Where I live its not paying for itself. I fill up one 32g brute can and my DI Resin is exhausted

Wow that stinks... your water must be tough. I love my system, just a 50 gallon a day 4 stage ro buddy for $60. I bought the bulk resin to repack my cartridge. Have you tested the water after to confirm it's exhausted?

 

[djray77]

Im getting around 400TDS in so BRS said this is why. Its the reason im getting out of the hobby. I had a 125g and I cant afford 2 packs of DI every week for water changes. I have the 4 stage 150GPD and then I upgraded to the 6 stage to see if it would help but it didnt. If anything it made it worse cause now I need to buy 2 packs of resin.

 

[Salt1823]

Im getting around 400TDS in so BRS said this is why. Its the reason im getting out of the hobby. I had a 125g and I cant afford 2 packs of DI every week for water changes. I have the 4 stage 150GPD and then I upgraded to the 6 stage to see if it would help but it didnt. If anything it made it worse cause now I need to buy 2 packs of resin.

I couldn't do that either.. sorry for your water troubles. I would love to upgrade my system to a faster one. I have several tanks a 125, 75, 60 and of course the 20g quarantine tanks I use. You go thru a ton of water during ttm.

 

[jbarnett12]

You can purchase ro/di water at Pet Cove or Sea Oddities in Kingsport. Bring your own containers. I did that before I installed my system. I'm in the Tri-cities area.

Thanks

 

[Nibejeebies]

Im getting around 400TDS in so BRS said this is why. Its the reason im getting out of the hobby. I had a 125g and I cant afford 2 packs of DI every week for water changes. I have the 4 stage 150GPD and then I upgraded to the 6 stage to see if it would help but it didnt. If anything it made it worse cause now I need to buy 2 packs of resin.

I dont know about the water quality or exactly how bad it is there but I know several of our LFS as well as World Wide Corals and I believe Tidal Gardens (I want to say he said it in a video I cant remember), do Not use RO/DI.. They just use RO and they have good results. Now I personally still use RODI, but I assure you I don't change my DI resin as I should and I generally don't have issues.

Maybe Try making a run of water with out the Resin and test it see how that goes? Or possibly even zoilite/triton ?