R/O Water system

jastormont · 10/31/2006, 08:46 PM

Hi,

Well I am finally going to get a R/O water system for the Marine tank.

I was wonder if you all thought this was a good unit: http://www.filterwizard.com.au/filte...se_osmosis.asp

Cheers....

smcdonn · 10/31/2006, 09:44 PM

Don't know much about them but there are quality systems from the sponsers here.

air water ice
thefilterguyz
spectrapure

there are a few more but I cant remember

AZDesertRat · 10/31/2006, 09:44 PM

Looks like a pretty good RO system. It is designed primarily for drinking water but you could easily add a DI filter to it for reef use. It uses a great micron size prefilter and carbon block and a Dow Filmtec RO membrane which are what does the filtering. If you are using it strictly for aquariums toss the final carbon filter as it adds TDS back into the purified water and is not needed except for drinking water tastes and odors.
I think you did good. You might want to get a handheld TDS meter if you do not already have one to keep up with how well the unit is working.

jastormont · 10/31/2006, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AZDesertRat
Looks like a pretty good RO system. It is designed primarily for drinking water but you could easily add a DI filter to it for reef use. It uses a great micron size prefilter and carbon block and a Dow Filmtec RO membrane which are what does the filtering. If you are using it strictly for aquariums toss the final carbon filter as it adds TDS back into the purified water and is not needed except for drinking water tastes and odors.
I think you did good. You might want to get a handheld TDS meter if you do not already have one to keep up with how well the unit is working.

Thanks for the info.

I will look at getting a TDS in time, as this sounds too be worth it.

Crimthann · 10/31/2006, 11:33 PM

I bought the air water ice system about a week ago and I'm very happy with it so far. I did a lil research and it was the cheapest esp for the 75 gpd. Actually filling up my first tank right now

Hopefully i'll start my cycle tomorrow.

jastormont · 11/01/2006, 10:16 PM

Well I went ahead and bought it.

I should be getting it tomorrow!

10/31/2006, 08:46 PM	#1
jastormont Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 69	R/O Water system Hi, Well I am finally going to get a R/O water system for the Marine tank. I was wonder if you all thought this was a good unit: http://www.filterwizard.com.au/filte...se_osmosis.asp Cheers....

10/31/2006, 09:44 PM	#2
smcdonn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 925	Don't know much about them but there are quality systems from the sponsers here. air water ice thefilterguyz spectrapure there are a few more but I cant remember __________________ 180g IN WALL, REEF Current Tank Info: 180 gallon

10/31/2006, 09:44 PM	#3
AZDesertRat Moved On Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW Phoenix Posts: 16,621	Looks like a pretty good RO system. It is designed primarily for drinking water but you could easily add a DI filter to it for reef use. It uses a great micron size prefilter and carbon block and a Dow Filmtec RO membrane which are what does the filtering. If you are using it strictly for aquariums toss the final carbon filter as it adds TDS back into the purified water and is not needed except for drinking water tastes and odors. I think you did good. You might want to get a handheld TDS meter if you do not already have one to keep up with how well the unit is working.

10/31/2006, 11:33 PM	#5
Crimthann Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pompano beach Posts: 321	I bought the air water ice system about a week ago and I'm very happy with it so far. I did a lil research and it was the cheapest esp for the 75 gpd. Actually filling up my first tank right now Hopefully i'll start my cycle tomorrow.

11/01/2006, 10:16 PM	#6
jastormont Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 69	Well I went ahead and bought it. I should be getting it tomorrow!