RO Water

[MitchSutherland]

Hi I am currently using rODI water but I have CO2 and it's just a hassle. If I switch to just RO water, should I condition it? If so what condition works best in your experience.

 

[drillsar]

Man degassing the water is the way to go. I am guessing you have well water. pump straight well water into container with a air stone in it. Let that gas off for 24 or more hours. Then run it through the RO/DI system with a booster pump. Doing this will help you going through a ton of resin. Spectrapure had something on this on their site not sure if they still do. what system do you use?

 

[MitchSutherland]

I have a brs 5 stage, and no I am in the Indianapolis metro. It's a pain in the butt with an apt. I know people have successful reefs with tap water. 10 tds water can't be that bad if conditioned.

 

[thegrun]

It could be fine, it could be very bad, without a comprehensive analysis of the water chemistry you simply do not know.

 

[Tarawa]

I too have high Co2 water that used to eat DI resins up. Started filling a garbage can with RO and using an airpump with an airstone to aerate and now the resins last a very long time, well worth the hassle. I added some ball valves going to the booster pump tp xfer water from the garbage can into my DI can ti simplify things as well.

 

[drillsar]

10 tds water could be bad. We don't know exactly what that 10 is could be anything. The achievement in this hobby is to get to 0 tds for a reef tank.

 

[alexXx]

I agree with Drillsar

 

[MitchSutherland]

Even if I use a conditioner?? 10 tds plus a water condition.

 

[drillsar]

again 10 tds could be deadly and may not be. Using a conditioner will not achieve anything since we don't know exactly what is in the water that is showing that tds. Best way again is to degas it and using a pump

 

[MitchSutherland]

Ahhhh okay.