Rpbustillo
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Is the waste water that comes from my rodi completely useless or can I use it for my freshwater tank? Is it worse than tap water for my aquarium?
Is the waste water that comes from my rodi completely useless or can I use it for my freshwater tank? Is it worse than tap water for my aquarium?
RO takes all of the things that aren't pure H2O out of water. All of the components that make up the TDS/GH/KH go into the waste water. This makes the waste water unbelievably hard. Harder than diamonds or Wolverine's skeleton from X-men. No freshwater fish, from any body of water, anywhere, would like that water.
So basically it's concentrated TDS water?
Bottom line, Unless the water going in is really, really bad, it would probably be fine for your FW tank. Most RODI systems produce 1 gallon of RODI water and waste 3 or 4 gallons, depending on how many membranes you have and the temperature of the water. That means at worst the waste water will be 25% higher in TDS than your normal tap.