ro water= no more diatoms on the sand ?

[bluetang]

They will probably be more money and i dont know if you can buy water from them without a contract. In my opinion save up for the tap water filter. Mine has paid itself off several times already.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Gujustud

I think we should try and get those guys to allow a local pickup however. Lame when they are only about 20 mins away.

they are probably in all likelyhooda dropship company, so if this is the case they probably have no stock I don't think you are going to have much luck.. thiws seams to be the way a lot of online companies are going. but who know they might not be.

Steve

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by Jaws

I've been strongly leaning towards this unit off ebay. Is anyone using this unit? How do you like it? What are the advantages or disadvantages? It's a pretty good price I thought.

If the bids get to high you can get the same unit from Aquariacanada for $150.
BTW I'm also using a TWP for my 30g,and have had no problems.But I was looking at this same unit because I'm upgrading tank size.

[Snoop Dog]

DI tap water purifier. I took some to work and the TDS was at 0. Has been great and at only 25 bucks every 6 months cant beat it.

[richtg]

I bought my Aquasafe unit (6-stage 75 GPD) and love it. I tried the safeway method for a while, but you go through so much water, I found it WAY more practical to buy a unit. Mine was $165 with a Milwaukee TDS meter and tax & shipping - Direct from aquasafe canada.

Beware of TDS readings as they are not a good indicator of toxicity of water. They only measure the amount of charged ions in the water to be used as a rough guideline. One of two samples of water with the same TDS reading might be toxic while the other is pure.

[smokinreefer]

on a small reef, the tapwater purifier is fine. (but for my system which goes through ~30gallons a week, it just doesnt cut it) it will be cheaper than buying water from a store, but will still cost more than an RO unit (in the long run) but that way you dont have to put up the initial cost of an RO.

if you intend to stay in the hobby for a long time, or think you'll be upgrading tanks in the future, i would strongly recommend saving up for an RO/DI unit.

i am a frugal reefkeeper, but getting an RO/DI unit is one purchase that i see great value in, and is definitely a purchase that made me say, why the heck didnt i get it earlier!

[Gujustud]

Is anyone interested in buying a RO/DI from Aquasafe? I know that $20usd shipping is a bit of a killer (specially when they are just around the block from some of us here locally), however I can get around that if we can get a few people interested in one. If you are, feel free to PM me.