which ro water to buy ?

[Triggz]

I agree, with a 125 gallon tank it might be better to invest in an actual unit. If you do decide just to go with bottles, I would try to find an actual bottled water store. When I used to get bottled RO I ended up calling all the local water depots and going with the place with the lowest TDS reading. Closest thing I could get to RO/DI water.

[ColinD]

I've been using bottled water for my tank from the start as we already had a water service in place. started using Aqua Source water from Canmore and was very happy with it TDS was consistently 0, no phosphates or other contaminates. Cancelled our service with them at the end of the summer, and started using Sobey's (Arrowsmith) water as it was very conveinent to pick up when shopping. Tested it for TDS and it was at 4, not the best but it worked. tested the same water about a month ago and lo and behold TDS was at 120+, which I guess explains all the hair algea. Have since used Polaris (Superstore) TDS of 4 and water from The Water Store TDS of 4-6. so I guess it pays to shop around and test it.

Colin

[kien]

Have you guys seen his tank?!?! Hehe.

John, your tank does so well without RO! If it ain't broke don't fix it? :-)

[Myka]

Originally Posted by kien

John, your tank does so well without RO! If it ain't broke don't fix it? :-)

Agreed. Big changes like that in an established system can cause you more grief than anything. I'm pretty big on the RO wagon, but in your case I say let it be!!

If you persist, I do agree that you should just buy your own RO/DI system (don't forget a digital TDS meter!). Should cost you about $200. Waiting for the bottles to fill, and lugging jugs of water around gets old REAL fast especially with a tank your size.

[ColinD]

Originally Posted by kien

Have you guys seen his tank?!?! Hehe.

John, your tank does so well without RO! If it ain't broke don't fix it? :-)

I have, and knows he lives in an apartment and probably doesn't want to chance damaging plumbing when installing an RO/DI system. But I agree if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Colin

[Myka]

You don't have to mess with plumbing at all if you don't want to. Mine screws onto the kitchen faucet with a $5 adapter. I just set it on the counter.

[Kevotron]

Installing an RO unit is easy and simple and reversible (replacing piping) so is definitely do-able in an apartment

[lobsterboy]

thanks for the info everyone, i do live in an apartment so i didnt want to start to mess with the plumbing and such.

so the main reason for the ro water, is i now have an auto top off, instead of me coming home and manually replacing water, i thought that the tap water that i use straight from the tap into the tank, might sour or go stale if i was sitting for awhile.

any thoughts on tap water going stale?

[ALBERTA REEF]

RO units are the way to go. One of these days you should check out my RO unit. You do not need to go extrme as ming. If you need any help plumping one in. Give me a shout.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by lobsterboy

i do live in an apartment so i didnt want to start to mess with the plumbing and such.

any thoughts on tap water going stale?

Don't plumb it in then. The AquaFX RO/DI unit I bought already came with a hose adapter on the input. All I had to do was buy the $5 adapter to hook it to the tap. If you get a 150 GPD unit you will be able to make water fast, and you just pull the unit out, hook it up for a couple hours, and you have water for the week. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier than lugging 5 gallon jugs around your apartment hallways.

I don't think you will have any issues with tap water going stale. I do like to keep a small powerhead running in the top up water though. Makes me think it keeps the water fresher, but i have no idea if it makes any difference.