hey guys. i am posting here because my wife and i live in boynton beach. i just wanted to introduce myself and give my experience so far. i have had a couple of freshwater tanks in the past but my wife really wanted a saltwater tank so we got a 29 biocube 6 months ago.
we quickly realized that we (I?) hate lugging buckets to do water changes, and the green hair algae took over. so thanks to you guys i decided to buy a rodi unit and a dual head stenner pump to make our own saltwater and automate the water change. i got it mostly set up last night and started making my first batch of rodi water. well, after approx. 50 gallons of water, the di resin is spent. as you can see in the picture, hulk hogan is not too happy about it.
anyway, after doing more research it seems my well water most likely has too much c02 which is depleting the di resin quickly. it seems i am forced to build an offgassing contraption which leads me to my questions as to which option would be better:
option 1: pvc tower with a bubble stone inside which would gravity feed through the di resin
option 2: ro water in to my brute can and let it offgas with a bubbler overnight and then cycle the water through di with an additional pump
i have also considered adding an aerator to my well water treatment system because the water also has hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell), however i have a big carbon filter that does a pretty good job with that already...but i could kill two birds with 1 stone with a aerator i suppose. my wallet is sure getting skinny though if you know what i mean :spin1:
we quickly realized that we (I?) hate lugging buckets to do water changes, and the green hair algae took over. so thanks to you guys i decided to buy a rodi unit and a dual head stenner pump to make our own saltwater and automate the water change. i got it mostly set up last night and started making my first batch of rodi water. well, after approx. 50 gallons of water, the di resin is spent. as you can see in the picture, hulk hogan is not too happy about it.
anyway, after doing more research it seems my well water most likely has too much c02 which is depleting the di resin quickly. it seems i am forced to build an offgassing contraption which leads me to my questions as to which option would be better:
option 1: pvc tower with a bubble stone inside which would gravity feed through the di resin
option 2: ro water in to my brute can and let it offgas with a bubbler overnight and then cycle the water through di with an additional pump
i have also considered adding an aerator to my well water treatment system because the water also has hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell), however i have a big carbon filter that does a pretty good job with that already...but i could kill two birds with 1 stone with a aerator i suppose. my wallet is sure getting skinny though if you know what i mean :spin1:
