di cartridge, horizontal or vertical?

roons · 04/15/2006, 07:35 PM

or does it not matter?

vishboy · 04/15/2006, 07:39 PM

I got my unit with horizontal Di units. A friend has them vertical. I don't think that it really matters.

chadfarmer · 04/15/2006, 10:02 PM

vertical is the best (gravity forces the water down and fills the container evenly

horizontial usually only the bottom half channels and a lot of the medai is wasted that is on the top

AZDesertRat · 04/15/2006, 10:30 PM

Vertical with a bottom up flow pattern is the optimum system.

roons · 04/16/2006, 11:47 AM

vertical, input on bottom, ok ty

twkenny · 04/16/2006, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AZDesertRat
Vertical with a bottom up flow pattern is the optimum system.

He knows what he's talking about.
I just trashed (literally) my horizontal junk for a vertical.

roons · 04/17/2006, 06:47 AM

what do you mean trashed? i just turned mine up 90 degrees...............i did notice on my last filter, only the top half of resin disappeared when it was laying down....................

twkenny · 04/17/2006, 12:42 PM

Trashed as in removed and placed in the trash can where it belongs. Way to annoying to deal with to me.

trmiv · 04/17/2006, 01:12 PM

Where can you get a veritcal DI chamber that feeds from the bottom? All the one's I can find feed from the top.

AZDesertRat · 04/17/2006, 01:16 PM

They feed from either direction, its all in how you plumb it. Look at www.purelyh2o.com, they seem to have the best price on an add on kit right now.

trmiv · 04/17/2006, 01:38 PM

This one feeds bottom up? I have one of these canisters I use as an add-on second chamber for my calcium reactor, but to get it to feed from the bottom I had to add pipe going to a diffuser on the bottom.

roons · 04/17/2006, 02:32 PM

its just a chamber filled with resin , doesnt it flow either direction? just turn it upright

this is what i use

http://cgi.ebay.com/DI-filter-refill...QQcmdZViewItem

smleee · 04/17/2006, 02:59 PM

The full size vertical DI canisters hold 24 oz of resin and the FD units come with 2 horizontal hollow tubes that hold 12 oz total I believe (the bulk refill bag is 18 oz and says it is for 3 refills). Not saying that merely more is better, but a gradual flow, from the bottom up through a larger amount of resin is more efficient, this is how the vertical DI canister refills are designed. Turning the hollow DI tube vertically will help, but it is still not the same.

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trmiv Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,082	Where can you get a veritcal DI chamber that feeds from the bottom? All the one's I can find feed from the top. __________________ Current tank: Red Sea Reefer 350 Deluxe, Avast Marine Pegleg 180 skimmer, Gyre 150, Eheim 1262 return

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vishboy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: MO Posts: 676	I got my unit with horizontal Di units. A friend has them vertical. I don't think that it really matters.

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AZDesertRat Moved On Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW Phoenix Posts: 16,621	Vertical with a bottom up flow pattern is the optimum system.

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roons Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: saugerties ,ny Posts: 1,240	vertical, input on bottom, ok ty

04/17/2006, 06:47 AM	#7
roons Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: saugerties ,ny Posts: 1,240	what do you mean trashed? i just turned mine up 90 degrees...............i did notice on my last filter, only the top half of resin disappeared when it was laying down....................

04/17/2006, 12:42 PM	#8
twkenny Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sunny South Posts: 1,081	Trashed as in removed and placed in the trash can where it belongs. Way to annoying to deal with to me.

04/17/2006, 01:16 PM	#10
AZDesertRat Moved On Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW Phoenix Posts: 16,621	They feed from either direction, its all in how you plumb it. Look at www.purelyh2o.com, they seem to have the best price on an add on kit right now.

04/17/2006, 01:38 PM	#11
trmiv Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,082	This one feeds bottom up? I have one of these canisters I use as an add-on second chamber for my calcium reactor, but to get it to feed from the bottom I had to add pipe going to a diffuser on the bottom.

04/17/2006, 02:32 PM	#12
roons Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: saugerties ,ny Posts: 1,240	its just a chamber filled with resin , doesnt it flow either direction? just turn it upright this is what i use http://cgi.ebay.com/DI-filter-refill...QQcmdZViewItem

04/17/2006, 02:59 PM	#13
smleee Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,344	The full size vertical DI canisters hold 24 oz of resin and the FD units come with 2 horizontal hollow tubes that hold 12 oz total I believe (the bulk refill bag is 18 oz and says it is for 3 refills). Not saying that merely more is better, but a gradual flow, from the bottom up through a larger amount of resin is more efficient, this is how the vertical DI canister refills are designed. Turning the hollow DI tube vertically will help, but it is still not the same. eee