slappers Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 is this one of the units ???? this one is connected to the fridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 we should look at some bulk salt paul, i might be able to convince murray to cut us a deal. ro/di is great to remove dissolved solids in the water that you use for topups and asw, i will be getting one eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 On the subject of salt where is mine????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 sounds good i will be interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Red Sea salt comes in 40kg boxes for around $200. The single box is packed with 2 x 20kg bags, so would be easy to split. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 I believe RO/DI is very important. If you think about how much you topup from evaporation (and as Brian says, if you also use ASW) then every dissolved solid in the water you are adding to the tank is adding another nutrient. I have a TDS meter on my RODI unit, shows on average 75ppm of dissolved solids in and 0ppm out (of course this is different depending on where you live) If I were just to topup straight from the tap, at 3-5 litres a day, thats alot of dissolved solids being added over a couple of weeks, especially considering we are striving to keep nutrients in a reef tank to a minimum. Heres my 4-stage unit: If you are looking at RO/DI, I think Michael @ Pet Planet was looking at bringing some in at a good price. Otherwise Anthony Preston in Howick (Ph: 09 534-5127) does them for probably around the $400 mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yeah, still looking at the RO/DI units. Probably going to bring two types in. 4 stage and 5 stage with all the bits (bench tap, drain saddle, storage tank, thing that goes into the water pipe). The 5 stage is meant to produce the best drinking water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 for how much $$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 If you are looking at RO/DI, I think Michael @ Pet Planet was looking at bringing some in at a good price. Otherwise Anthony Preston in Howick (Ph: 09 534-5127) does them for probably around the $400 mark. $425 for a 4 stage unit $620 for a 5 stage drinking water system ( this is a very good price others have quoted at around the $1300 mark for similar units) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregb Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Do these units get rid of chlorene & chloramines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 and a whole lot more, most units produce 99-99.9% pure water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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