I'm just starting up my first salt water tank and have seen multiple very confusing videos on ro/di systems but this was so well explained with easy to understand words =) thanks so much
This video actually made me more relieved after seeing the beginning of an installation of a more up to date RO/DI system that you featured for college tanks. Now I know I don't have to do any drilling or anything lol
Awesome video. I've been looking to get one of these units for so long and thought the installation was too difficult. But you made it look pretty straight forward. Will definitely be getting one now instead of making the constant trips to the LFS
my water bill was about $80 a month consistently. Once I started using my rodi 5 stage filter it jump to like $230 in a month ( I only used it to make 30 g) crazy!!
Thank u i just bougth lil by little for the salt water fish tank that i always wanted and lots of people told me ohhh is expensive ah blah blah and me serching youtube etc im ready thank u againg for the info cuz i thougth i was hard to do it
Great video. During normal operation, when you are done with filling do you let the unit and filters dry or do you keep it wet some how? I guess my question is about storage between uses. Thanks!
I don't do anything to them. I just leave them and I'm sure they dry on their own, but they might be still wet from the last time depending on how often you use it. I don't think that matters
ik this is kinda late and everything but what kind of RO/DI filter for a 150 gallon saltwater reed aquarium for a starter. this video was awesome info thanks
I have a 13.5 gallon tank, I'm definitely doing this hobby on a budget, I'm not asking for trouble but I don't think that an RODI system is necessary for such a small, simple tank, what are some other (less expensive) ways to get salt water for water changes?
great video ? I been in this hobby for 2 years and was always confused about this machine so just bought water water from lfs thinking I was going to see up my tank... BTW can I buy this exact unit from amazon ?
Another great thing about making your own water rather than buying it from your LFS when it comes to money, think how often you end up coming out of the LFS with a load of other stuff when really you only said you was only going in to get the water. I'm saving up for a RODI system from Osmotics (think they might just be an UK company) but they really been helpful and forum sites too as I been put off by getting a unit because one video I saw was using a drill and installing a tap but I see how simple it really is. Thanks to osmotics' and reefer's support on forum sites I can make my unit portable (don't have an outdoor tap) by connecting it to my electric shower which would keep the pressure gauge reading up in theory. On average how long does it take to feel up the container with RODI water?
forgot to mention in the UK I pay £2.50 for 25litres of normal RO water with around 15ppm TDS and for not having a car I have to plan in advance with my parents to take me to my LFS to buy the refills, before my last refill I had a week of no RO water after my last water change until my refill so if my tank crashed from a spike during that week I would of had no water to fix the disaster as my LFS closes by the time my parents finish work.
I have one more question about the unit I got one and am waiting for it to come in, but I was curious when u turn your hose off and are done with everything, what do u you do with the water in all the champers, do u dump them out or just let them sit in there to the next water change?
Did you ever make the video of how to make ro/di water to salt water?? I'm very new to saltwater and fresh out of fresh water a friend of mine that got out of the hobby gave me his r o d i system it's made by BRS
Nice vid!!!. It is the R.O.membrain that does all the work not the DI stage. The R.O membrane should reject 98% of all the T.D.S. The DI stage only takes otut the last remaining 2/3ppm, mostly made up of heavy metals (copper, zink, alluminum ect...). Your BRITA water filter will not have an R.O membrain in it. It will only have carbon filters remove chlorine, and bad tates. The carbon filters on your R.O.D.I filter are only there to protect the R.O.membrane, and make it last. The water going into the R.O membrane will be about 50ppm. It should be 1 to 3 ppm coming out.
Nice have one been doing it for years I needed this video 5 years ago when I first started in the hobby. Thanks it will be great for the beginners like you've said great video keep it up .☆☆☆☆☆
That's a lot of tubes! Make sure you get an under sink cabinet mat from Xtreme Mats and a water sensor to prevent any water damage from the inevitable leak at xtrememats.com.
Nice video.... Drinking DI water as you know is arguably not a good idea. DI water great for "Reef Usage". BulkReefSupply told me for drinking water they suggest their RO system which does not have the DI filter because the DI filter removes too much and might not be good to drink water with no minerals. It almost like distilled water being super "clean" and arguably some say it may not be healthy over time to drink DI or distilled water. Thanks for a great video and the ideas on how to save $$$ for your "fish tank" using the DI etc.
Jcee's Corner this is actually nonsense. You get all the minerals you need through organic vegetables and meat. Drinking purified water cannot harm you as you are simply hydrating your body. I read a very interesting article on this very thing. I'll try to find the link again if you're interested.
Did I hear you say 50 ppm coming out of the unit before the DI stage? If that's what it is then your membrane is shot. TDS should be less 10 or less before it reaches the DI.
One makes a RO water and the other makes RODI water. The difference between the two can be learned in this video of mine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rDdcqGxDLN4.html
+Jayden D_Thang you use the rodi water for the base water, then add your salt mix to the rodi water till you reach 35ppt or 1.026sg using a properly calibrated refractometer or hydrometer.
Sometimes I get these impulses to make a few videos or maybe just one on a certain topic. I will try to come out with another Internet Corals video soon!
Hi Olu, No, the black does not go through the di so it would seem safe BUT, you have to remember that is the waste water from the ro so the ideal drinking water would come from the blue tube but before going into the di. I hope that makes sense.
If you mean't flushing, all you have to do is disconnect the DI canister from the rest of the unit and let it run for a few minutes in the beginning before you make your water. This protects and keeps your DI resin cleaner once you reconnect them.
The city I live in, in Australia has extremely hard water. My brother's father in law has a reef tank and uses unfiltered tap water in his aquarium without any issues.
Add salt distill your water with activated carbon in the Olympics reintroduce an appropriate amount of minerals and then enter just your brining salt everybody this is not a show this is a commercial
The word is f*cking gauge... Like how tf do you mispronounce that?? I'm done.. You've totally lost me.. It's honestly an everyday English word.. I'm just f*cking done.. "Gowg" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You realize you can use distilled water right? Reverse Osmosis water and Distilled are mostly the same, it's just that they're both filtered differently. For me, I don't really trust RODI systems since many of the ones I have bought have failed after 2-3 months. Distilled is the safest option, with it being filtered from evaporating water, cleaning it naturally. That's what I would rather rely on then an RODI system
I dont understand why is bad to drink the water after it passes through the DI unit. Its just plain water with nothing in it! All I know is we shouldn't drink JUST that and nothing else because we need the minerals that there are in any other water source. Anyone willing to explain to me where I'm wrong?
+Giorgos Tsagos Yeah, it is confusing, but apparently too much of the water without all those minerals is bad for you. I don't think if you drink a glass of it, it will be that bad. It is only if you drink that consistently more than regular water that it is harmful.
+Giorgos Tsagos it's not bad no matter what you read, you will get all the minerals you need from any food you eat or anything else you drink, but imo rodi water tastes like crap anyway
yeah the waste water is very good to water the garden and any other plants you have around/in the house. RODI water has other uses too which helps your parents/partner be more happy to having the system in the hose especially if you're going to take up some space under the sink (except less trips to LFS). Can use it to clean the windows and tank glass, good to make tea (I'm in UK with hard water so my kettle gets covered in limescale) and baby formula if you have a baby, can also be used to fill up your car radiator.
The waste water is just the tap water with a higher tds, perfectly safe. I mean if your tds is 200 and it bumps it to the 250 then it's still below my 440!
wow this video was an exact replica of Mr Saltwater Tank TV.. atleast give him his due in the description. yikes! an i usually enjoy your videos. This is bad! And his video comes up next after this one!
