Ro Water Question
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magickyl
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Crystal water and culligan are both RO. You can get these in any area. Look in your local supermarket for the tanks that you fill your own jugs or the yellow pages for a culligan in your area. It would pay for itself to get a unit for your home in the long run, but they will sell you all the RO water that you need.
rstiles
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What size tank ? what or how much do you want to spend?stay away from the tap water filter,cheap but your wasteing your money a 3 stage 24gpd will run around
120.00 a four stage 50gpd will be around $160.00 brand name pure flo II (coral life) thay pay for them self in the long run - no running to store! and buy on line from a catalog.
120.00 a four stage 50gpd will be around $160.00 brand name pure flo II (coral life) thay pay for them self in the long run - no running to store! and buy on line from a catalog.
bronco300
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what technically is RO water...if i call and ask the grocery store what water they have, what answer am i looking for, will they know to say RO, or will the just say some other stuff? just wondering, because i can buy RO water at a petstore, but its 89 cents/gallon..so itd be a ton cheaper if i get it at the grocery store.
Luke P
Luke P
jessecnc
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Bronco,
I'd go to the grocery store yourself and check. I called and asked my store, and no one there even knew what RO water was...actually they told me they did not have it...which they did. UV sterilized too! Only 30 cents/gal. I have a 29gal tank...costs me $4.20 / month to maintain (water changes and top off water).
Also, keep in mind that most RO sources also soften the water. This means you will have to add a buffer to the tank to raise and stablize the pH and Alk. Be sure to get a test kit for anything you add!!!
Hope this helps.
I'd go to the grocery store yourself and check. I called and asked my store, and no one there even knew what RO water was...actually they told me they did not have it...which they did. UV sterilized too! Only 30 cents/gal. I have a 29gal tank...costs me $4.20 / month to maintain (water changes and top off water).
Also, keep in mind that most RO sources also soften the water. This means you will have to add a buffer to the tank to raise and stablize the pH and Alk. Be sure to get a test kit for anything you add!!!
Hope this helps.
murph
Active Member
Most bottled water will have its source and filtration methods listed on the bottle. If not assume its tap water that has been filtered by some method???? I don't think you can go wrong with distilled though and if your using a good salt mix it will put everything else you need back in the water that the distilling process takes out.
murph
Active Member
your probably using glacier water machine. If you look on the light display it will tell you when the machine was last serviced. Now if that means changing out the membrane for the RO filter on a necessary basis everything should be fine. I kind of wonder about it myself sometimes.
