RO water, confused !

Hey everyone !!!!

So I'm convinced that RO/DI water is really beneficial for saltwater/reef tanks. I'm doing my research before i buy anything. From searching, it seems like this CSPDI-90 is the best bang for the buck, the link is provided below. what is your thoughts on this? I live in an apt, so the simplest possible install is what i'm aiming for, as I have zero to no experience in plumbing. I have a small kitchen and a small bathroom. If i want to fill a 30 gallon rubbermaid tub for my water change on my 125g, how do i go about this? Seeing as how the kitchen and bathroom is small, i wanted to keep the rubbermaid tub in my bedroom in the corner. From my understanding, there are three runs to a RO/DI unit: the waste, the pure, and the inlet from the tap. help me out guys !


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Thanks in advance.

 

They're all simple to install. The easiest way is to hook it up to the faucet. That's probably what you want to do, since you live in an apartment.

You'd run a airline tube from the unit's pure outlet to the tub itself, connecting it with a slip x slip or quick connect fitting of that size. I do this to keep the RO under my sink and have the tub outside the bathroom.

 

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I have the 90gpd model. For my 55g reef I make 10g a week, 5g for WC & 5g for top-off. I just hook my unit directly to my kitchen faucet and the "waste" (yellow) line goes into the drain & the "pure" (blue) line into a 5g bucket (which I place in a 35g BRUTE container in case of spillage or me falling asleep ). Takes me about 1hr 50min to make 5 gallons, that's it.

 

+1 on the link MoJoe. I just bought one of the spectrapure RO/DI units last week and am still awaiting its arrival. From other posts on my thread I am told they are great and the sale they are having helped a lot!

 

What you propose is possible using some 1/4" tubing to the bedroom which can be rolled up and put away when not in use. You could also get a trashcan on wheels to keep it closer to the RO/DI when making water then wheel it wherever when you are done.
As far as plumbing you can hook it to the faucet or plumb it in a little more permanent but still where you can remove it with no damage to the plumbing when you move out. I prefer the more permanent route since using the faucet ties the faucet up while you are making water.

The two adapters I am speaking of are both pictured here:
PLUMBING ACCESSORIES FOR RO

The faucet adapter is at the bottom of the page and the othe ris the "Feed Water Adapter" at the top three photos over. You install the adapter where the cold water valve comes through the wall, shut the water off, unscrew the cold wqter line, insert the adapter between the valve and existing line and turn the water back on. You could then keep the RO/DI under the sink out of the way and turn the adapter valve on when you want to make water. The faucet is not tied up for hours that way and you can unscrew it and take the adapter with you when you move.

Either way works and the CSP-DI is the best value available.

 

wow thanks for the quick informative replies. didn't expect fast answers. So you've convinced me that a newb can install an RO unit to the faucet with no issues.

 

Piece of cake. The quick connect faucet adapter screws on the faucet in place of the aerator screen that is presently on it and the RO/DI snaps on and off that. You will take a hour or so flushing the RO/DI system initially then do a quick calculation and trim the flow restrictor and you are set.

If it helps, you can download the O&M manual ahead of time here and read up on it:
http://www.spectrapure.com/manuals/PRINTER_FRIENDLY/CSPDI.pdf

 

Sounds good . I will read the manual for better undrstanding. Now that I got the ro water concept, what's next? The lighting I suppose . I got these compact flourescant 10k 65watt bulbs in this current light fixture . Is this sufficient for coral/live rock growth? If not , what's an optimal fixture that will allow most corals to grow efficiently ? Looking at medium to large corals for my 125g.

 

I used three 65w PC bulbs over a 20 high for years and most anything grew well under them. What you have is not powerful enough for a large tank though, they will not penetrate deep enough. I do still use a 96w powerquad PC over a 16 gallon softie tank and it does great.

While T5 has been the craze and LED is becoming very popular as they are refined and fine tuned more, I am still a proponent of Metal Halide bulbs. The punch or power they provide is tremendous and the shimmer effect is something you don't get with T5.

My best recommendation is to visit as many LFS and other reefers systems as possible and check out every possible lighting combination, types such as PC, T5, VHO, MH, LED, and bulb and ballast combinations.
Lighting is very personal and its hard for someone to recommend something since your taste may run to more blue and less purple, or more white or??? Thye are all different and everyones tastes and perceptions are different.

Many of out LFS in my area have multiple lighting configurations for you to view and many have the bulbs and ballast marked so you can compare them side by side. We even have a brand new LFS that is lit almost entirely by LED!

 

Ro/di match

I have a 75g FOWLR (converting to Reef) w/ 30g fuge and want to purchase a RO/DI system, but would like to know what the unit should have at minimum to maintain my tank needs (i.e. Gpd, etc.).