Liz
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi everyone,
I am fed up of my constant battle with algae in my marine tank. I have tried and failed miserably to reach a balance with the photoperiod to protect my coral but halt the algae growth and I've finally decided to remove the problem as opposed to mucking around with possible solutions. Rather than transport gallon upon gallon of water each week from my LFS and pay a fortune over the years, I've decided to take the plunge and invest in a system. Hence I'm looking for some advice on a RO/DI unit.
I generally change 10-15% every fortnight and top up to replace evaporation every other day. Hence I envisage using the RO/DI unit perhaps once a week/fortnight (storing top up water). Additionally I intend to move house sometime in the next year so I'd preferably like a system that was easily removable, could be used and stored on a fortnightly basis. However, I do not want to damage the unit by allowing the membranes/filters to dry out!
There must be loads of aquarium enthusiasts that share my problem so how do they resolve this issue.
At the moment I'm trying to decided between a 3 stage RO system with is portable (£50) and a 5 stage RO/DI system (£100).
Clearly if I go for the latter I don't want to damage the system with my ideas of bypassing for intermittent use (if indeed this is possible ).
Does any one have any thoughts or opinions - any help would be of great
assistance.
Thanks in advance.
Liz
I am fed up of my constant battle with algae in my marine tank. I have tried and failed miserably to reach a balance with the photoperiod to protect my coral but halt the algae growth and I've finally decided to remove the problem as opposed to mucking around with possible solutions. Rather than transport gallon upon gallon of water each week from my LFS and pay a fortune over the years, I've decided to take the plunge and invest in a system. Hence I'm looking for some advice on a RO/DI unit.
I generally change 10-15% every fortnight and top up to replace evaporation every other day. Hence I envisage using the RO/DI unit perhaps once a week/fortnight (storing top up water). Additionally I intend to move house sometime in the next year so I'd preferably like a system that was easily removable, could be used and stored on a fortnightly basis. However, I do not want to damage the unit by allowing the membranes/filters to dry out!
There must be loads of aquarium enthusiasts that share my problem so how do they resolve this issue.
At the moment I'm trying to decided between a 3 stage RO system with is portable (£50) and a 5 stage RO/DI system (£100).
Clearly if I go for the latter I don't want to damage the system with my ideas of bypassing for intermittent use (if indeed this is possible ).
Does any one have any thoughts or opinions - any help would be of great
assistance.
Thanks in advance.
Liz