What ro system do you use?

[TheCommunityCichlid]

I'm thinking of getting a portable to system for my apartment. Does anyone have experience or recommend one? It's gonna be for freshwater but I figure reef people may have better ideas.

 

[furrymurray]

Check out bulk reef supply. They even have kits that have parts come with it to set up to a faucet or water hose or you can do a permanent instal. I have the 5 stage ro di plus unit. They also have video to show you step by step installation. Great place and the customer service is very helpful if you have any questions.

 

[jeffaquarius]

Just buy ro water from grocery store vending machine. It's just 25 cents/gal.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

My grocery stores have it for like $.60 and a system would be like $150 or at least the ones o was looking at are. And they can filter like 2000 gallons

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Plus hauling 30 gallons a week through the store to the car, into the house sucks

 

[jeffaquarius]

Just make sure the water supply pressure in your apartment is enough to get the amount you need within a reasonable time or else it would just be dripping at the ro system outlet.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Yea I read that. Anyway to measure this?

 

[jeffaquarius]

I'm at the 1st floor apartment but still the pressure is not enough. I have a reservoir tank in my ro but still i only get a gal per hour. You may need to have a booster pump to get more flow.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Yea my place will be the first floor as well. Some if seen require less than 35psi old how much that is but it doesn't sound like to much

 

[jeffaquarius]

That's a nominal pressure. You may need a large container since most ro will produce about 25 to 50 gal per day, You can just let it run the whole day and overnight.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Yea that's what I was thinking as well hopefully with wheels? Plus maybe a water pump to just plug in and let the to flow into the tanks.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

How long can you go before replacing the filter?

 

[jeffaquarius]

You can get a $20 residential sump pump controller to automate the pump to fill up a bigger container.

 

[jeffaquarius]

The larger the filter the less often you replace them. It also depends on how bad your water supply is.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Typically how often once a month or once a year?

 

[jeffaquarius]

I replaced my 1st one about 3 months but I have only 60 gal tank

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Alright I have a 36, two 10s and a few I'd do my changes on I figure about 40 gallons a week

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Sorry for all the questions I've never even seen a ro system in person. How do you know your filter is spent

 

[jeffaquarius]

I just added an 'add on" DI unit recently cause I am going into SPS amd LPS.

 

[jeffaquarius]

You can buy a TDS meter for $40 and it will tell you how bad the output is or sometimes it will just stop flowing. My new ro filter is reading about 20 to 26. After installing a DI it reads 0 TDS