RO/DI question

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  1. jim194

    jim194 Astrea Snail

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    Hello,
    I recently move to Cape Coral, Florida. I am on a well but I had a whole house RO system installed. The company that installed my whole house system says that they can sell me a large DI which would guarantee that my water has 0 TDS for 300-400.00. It would make water much faster than using my Reef RODI. If water is run through a whole house RO and then a DI = 0 TDS does that = safe water for my reef tank? Does anybody have a whole house RO with a DI attached? (I just bought a booster pump for my Reef RODI but I am having trouble with my outside electrical outlets-I've already checked the breakers-so I currently cannot use my booster pump.
    Thanks,
    Jim

    75 gallon Reef tank 70 lbs of live rock,54.5 pounds of base rock, 60 lbs live sand, 1 Clarks clown fish, 1 yellow watchman goby with pistol shrimp,1yellowtail damselfish,2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Emerald crabs, 5 drawf hermit crabs, and 4 Nasser snails, 5 Bumble Bee snails, 4 Turbo snails, Sebae anemone, Kenya Tree forest, 1 Yellow Polyp, 1 Mushroom rock, 1 White Spot Star Polyp, 2 button polyp rocks, 1 Pineapple Coral, 1 Favio Brain Coral, 1 Bubble Coral, 1 Xenia Coral, 1 Frogspawn coral, 1 plate coral, orange button polyps, purple button polyps
     
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  3. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    It would make your water Reef ready, but not advisable to drink. I'd stick with your separate RO/DI for your tank.
     
  4. jim194

    jim194 Astrea Snail

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    I realize that it would be unsafe to drink but this would be a seperate connection just for making reef water. Glad to hear it would make it reef ready.
    Thanks,
    Jim
     
  5. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    Agreed. Your body needs some minerals that are present in natural water. Over time drinking RO/DI could lead to mineral deficiencies if you don't make them up some other way.
     
  6. rocketmandb

    rocketmandb Ocellaris Clown

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    TDS is king. If it reads zero (or close to it) then you're good to go.