ro or ro/di - Page 3

BCWolfen · #21 04-02-2005, 09:38 AM

For hook up, I bouth a $4.00 garden hose 'Y' splitter at Home Depot. Hooked to my cold water line for my washer and ordered teh garden hose adapter along with my ro/di unit. Works great and keeps the unit in the laundry room.

fishface · #22 04-05-2005, 11:08 PM

ok, getting ready to hook this contraption up but i'm noticing that i have to drill into the discharge tube under the sink for the waste water drain line...didn't really want to drill since i'm a renter. any other suggestions?

robzilla · #23 04-06-2005, 03:25 AM

ive got my setup with the drain hose leading into the sink drain, thus when i'm finished roll up the hose and way you go

fishface · #24 04-06-2005, 03:34 AM

thanks all for your input here...i've just finished installing and should have ro/di in no less than a few hours (soon as the tanks filled!) it went together super easy, just a matter of following instuctions and i got super-fast delivery from aqua-safe. next day delivery.

all in all i have nothing but good fortune so far...hope my tank loves the effort

darryl

G1GY · #25 04-06-2005, 03:46 AM

Make sure to get rid of the first gallon or two of water Darryl. It could have a little bit of the fungicide that use use on the RO membrane after testing in it. After that you should be good to go.

Aquattro · #26 04-06-2005, 03:47 AM

I thought I read somewhere to run 5g thru it first, just to clean out the fungicide..might depend on th ebrand.

fishface · #27 04-06-2005, 04:06 AM

good remider, thanks! i just drained the first tank...will do another just in case, then i top off the soon to be reef!

G1GY · #28 04-06-2005, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I thought I read somewhere to run 5g thru it first, just to clean out the fungicide..might depend on th ebrand.

That could well be right Brad.

But quite a bit of it is washed out if you just flush the membrane when doing the set up.

But the couple of gallons number was just something that I grabbed out of the air.

jws444 · #29 04-06-2005, 07:00 AM

The sticker on the membrane actually says 'run for 2 hours'. That's probably a very conservative warning. I ran 6-7 tanks worth over a day just to be on the safe side. I didn't want a stomache ache (as the label warns...) lol.

fishface · #30 04-06-2005, 03:30 PM

i haven't seen anything regarding this except ed mentions that after the first tank is full to dump it to flush the membrane, then you should be good to go. anyhow, i did 3 tanks full, hope it's enough.