How do we empty our RO unit to move?

[swishyfishies]

We are having our house packed up on Monday for our move this week & it just donned on us........what do we need to do to empty our RO unit? Do we just take the canisters off & empty the water from them? What about the filters.....won't they mildew or something. Should we just let them dry out, what?

 

[reefrunner69]

IMO, you shouldn't empty it at all. If the tfc membrane drys out it will be ruined.

 

[swishyfishies]

Got it.

 

[swishyfishies]

We are talking about the same thing here I hope. I have a 3 stage system so I was talking about the 2 canisters, the carbon block filter & the sediment filter. The one across the top gets left alone correct?

 

[reefrunner69]

Correct. If you want you can empty it of water and put the membrane in a ziplock bag to keep it moist.

 

[swishyfishies]

Ok that's what I thought, just making sure. I don't want to ruin these membranes.