Best RO DI unit (1 Viewer)

[bennyblenny1]

I need to purchase RO DI unit - what would you recomend? I have a RO unit under the sink (was there when I moved in) with a tank. I would like to remove this unit and fit the new unit to the storage tank

 

[Reefaddict79]

plenty of people recomend buckeye field supply. Mine came from bulk reef supply. I think the bigger the better, its nice being able to make a ton of water quickly.

 

[Guest]

They're all pretty much equal, go with a place that has good customer service. Among bulkreefsupply, melevsreef, and buckeyefieldsupply I would choose the last.

 

[cstewart79]

I like buckeye for ro di membranes, prefilters, and carbon filters and housings. I like spectrapure for silicate busters and di cartridges.

I would get a storage tank from tractor supply to store your water in.

 

[bennyblenny1]

thanks for the reponses. do we have chloramines in our water in Houston?

 

[Brian]

My bet is yes you do...

 

[Guest]

Depends on the county. I have them in friendswood oaks.

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

If you let me know the name of your water utility I can try to look it up for you.

Russ

 

[mikezoch]

I got mine here - http://www.melevsreef.com/ro_di.html

Came complete - took me about 30 minutes to start making water - makes about a gallon every 15 minutes.

Very happy with this purchase.

 

[Andy]

Do buckeye, service after the purchase is A+. Prices are the best for quality equipment.

 

[Guest]

+1 for buckeye

 

[mpwolken]

I've got a spectrapure MPDI 90 with an add on DI-AR-DI-10 chloramine removal cartridge

http://www.spectrapure.com/St_osmo_p1.htm
http://www.spectrapure.com/St_replac_p4.htm

 

[Andy]

So you could havebought the 5 stage unit from buckeye for 197.00
, but bought the same thing for
259.00 plus
36.99

good move

 

[Andy]

Sorry, thought you were the same person that asked the original question of which to buy.

Moderator please delete both my posts.

EDIT FUNCTION IS NOT WORKING!

 

[merkurmaniac]

Can you take about any RO unit and add a DI filter afterwards and get good enough water quality for a coral filled tank ?

 

[aqua-nut]

Can you take about any RO unit and add a DI filter afterwards and get good enough water quality for a coral filled tank ?

Yes

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

Can you? sure.

But as always, the devil's in the details - in that not all RO systems are created equal, nor are all DI resins, nor are DI housings (e.g., horizontal vs vertical).

If you are planning to go this route might be best if you talked in greater detail with a knowledgeable person about the system you have and an appropriate DI addition to the system.

Russ

 

[merkurmaniac]

o.k., a simple question. How are they controlled ? If I want enough water to do a water change of approx 5 gal per week, is it electrically controlled to only run when energized ? Or maybe a valve that controls pressure to manually make it run only when you want ? I have seen some with a pressurized tank attached...

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

When you supply water to the system, and the valve on the output (DI) tube is open, they will produce purified water.

So there are a number of ways to "shut off" these systems, and depending upon which of these you choose, the means whereby the system would "turn on" varies.

Many pepole set their systems up so that the on/off functions occur automatically.

Russ

 

[Kemah]

Go with Buckeye.