Reverse Osmosiss sytems

[dr.schlegs]

I'm looking at the cost of getting water from Kings and Wal-mart at .88 a gal. Plus now that I have a sweet cabinet, I could fit a RO system in there. My question is what is the difference? There are "aquariumist" systems and then there is the Average Joe systems at Home Depot. Getting an Average Joe system would be great in my mind as, if something happens to it I just drive 2 miles down the road, vs. having to go to the LFS. Is there a special canister of puppy and newborn baby hair that Saltwater needs to be filtered through? Illuminate me.

 

[reefmaster719]

Re: Reverse Osmosiss sytems

I'm interested as well to what the difference between ro systems at home vs Walmart ro water at .50 a gallon.

 

[Smiley]

you could get the bulk reef supply ro/di system and all replacement parts are gotten at home depot.

 

[dr.schlegs]

Ok. But what is the difference in the units themselves. Is a system at Home Depot any different from one that I would get at a LFS?

 

[Smiley]

i dont think so.... they pretty much all use the same filters and membranes...

a small calculation on if you should buy .50/g water or buy ro/di... $200 worth of water is 400 gallons... $200 worth of ro/di system will make you at least 1000 gallons before filter replacement.

 

[Haulin Oates]

Reverse Osmosiss sytems

Spectra pure is the maker of most of the filters sold in the US. They are rebadged as different brands for sale at different locations. You basically have a 20-30 micron canister, then a 2 micron canister, then a RO membrane. That constitutes your basic drinking water system. Add a DI canister after that and you've got a nice RODI setup for your tank needs. By far the cheapest filters I've found are on Bulkreefsupply.com, but in a pinch (and for a considerable markup) you can run to ace, homedepot, or lowes for replacement filters (except DI resin... I haven't found that local yet)

 

[CRW Reef]

Re: Reverse Osmosiss sytems

Run a full set of test on your Kings Soopers, SafeWay and Albertsons water. Meaning test it for iron and phosphates. Report back please, as I have heard that the water comes up with at least phosphates more times than not. RO/DI is def one of my top three investments for my tank. Other 2 incase you were wondering was vortechs and a controller

 

[Cake_Boss]

Re: Reverse Osmosiss sytems

Spectra pure is the maker of most of the filters sold in the US. They are rebadged as different brands for sale at different locations. You basically have a 20-30 micron canister, then a 2 micron canister, then a RO membrane. That constitutes your basic drinking water system. Add a DI canister after that and you've got a nice RODI setup for your tank needs. By far the cheapest filters I've found are on Bulkreefsupply.com, but in a pinch (and for a considerable markup) you can run to ace, homedepot, or lowes for replacement filters (except DI resin... I haven't found that local yet)

I think you mean DOW.

Anyways, they should be exactly the same. Personally, I like to buy from Buckeye Field Supply.... but to each their own.

I had to replace all my filters and ended up with a 10 micron sediment, 5 micron carbon, 75 gpd ro membrane, then 2x di canisters.

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[asn-naso]

Mine is from Fileterdirect.com. I have their 5 stage, with the drinking water kit. It's very affordable, and works great.

 

[Smiley]

I have the 75gpd deluxe from bulkreefsupply with the water saver added membrane... which gives me 150gpd with 1:1 ratio.

 

[Munch]

I run a Spectrapure as well, and am more than happy with it:

http://spectrapure.com/St_MaxCap-RO-DI.htm